What do people think of IDE RAID

[DeadSeaSquirrels]

...as opposed to SCSI RAID, is it worth the hassle and cost (that being SCSI)? I just want to try out RAID so I can get a machine to do some good Video Editting.

The board I'm looking at is the Abit KT7A-RAID in particular, it is a bit older, but I don't need top of the line...though integrated NIC would be nice.

 

[noxipoo]

if you got the cash get scsi. but if you really want IDE for the price, go for a 3ware IDE raid card. as for the Abit mobo, i had a few, had so many problems with it... as far as i remember many people had quality issues with that board.

 

[ElFenix]

the IDE raid that comes on a mobo is the second crappiest raid available. the calculations are still performed by the main processor. the 3ware is a better IDE raid because the host adapter offloads the calculations.

 

[Athlon4all]

I feel that IDE RAID is junk. If you want something faster than a single 7200RPM IDE, then go for 10k or 15k RPM SCSI.

 

[WhoDeeny]

I have an ABIT KR7A-Raid with Maxtor D740X DMA 133 drives and it ROCKS! Never had a single problem with t mobo either, I bouth it after having it recommended to me by so many of my friends. I couldn't recommend a better set up for the price!

 

[odog]

<< I feel that IDE RAID is junk. If you want something faster than a single 7200RPM IDE, then go for 10k or 15k RPM SCSI. >>

hehe.... you sound like me..


first off if you have IDE raid i'm not dissing on you, or your rig. with that said.

i never liked IDE raid.... diminishing returns, instablity, i wouldn't trust a promise or highpoint chip with any drive let alone a a raid array...

if you want the speed, get SCSI... if you really want insane speed, get SCSI raid...

 

[Rand]

I despise IDE RAID.... not because it's IDE, but because there are very few high quality IDE RAID controllers available.
The $hitty controllers that provide RAID capabilities on many mainstream controller cards are less then impressive, and are IMHO little better then Win2k/XP's built in RAID capabilities.

If you want IDE RAID go with a nice high quality Escalade hardware RAID solution.
And I don't as a very worthwhile option for 99% of people anyway, only under very strict conditions would I consider RAID 0 array.
RID 0 yields you a significantly higher chance of failure with no fault tolerance or redundancy whatever, and an increase in sustained and peak transfer rates only.

 

[cbuchach]

SCSI is much faster and a better solution than IDE RAID. SCSI is very expensive and has lower storage capacities. IDE RAID0 offers much improved performance over a single IDE drive, is less expensive than SCSI, and has much larger available storage capacities.

I have a dual 60GXP RAID0 array on my MB's Promise controller. The array has so far (over a year) worked flawlessly and would never go back to a single IDE drive.

Just for an example, I also have a 60GB 120GXP in my system which I use for backups. In order to tweak my array I ghosted my system to the single 120GXP and ran from that for a day or two. To be honest, I didn't think that I would be able to notice a performance difference as the 120GXP is really a fast hard drive. Well, I was wrong, booting and program loading took a noticably longer time. So, there is some truth to the faster baenchmarks that RAID0 offers.

I do recommend RAID0, however, I would not recommend this if you do not have a good backup system in place.

 

[MasterHoss]

*ahem*

Uh, IDE RAID was so 2001. 😛

Being serious now... I killed my RAID because I didn't notice any performance increase.

 

[conlan]

IDE RAID is the poor mans alternative to SCSI, I noticed a bit faster load times after striping my Maxtors. But if you have the $$ go SCSI, much faster.

 

[Stark]

There's not much advantage. Been there, done that, sold my raid board and bought an nforce.