Jump to content

Old MPC ClientPro 375: Can it do some kind of RAID?

cnelson3225
By cnelson3225
in Storage Devices
 Share
Posted

I am a student technologist here at my high school and we have an overwhelming amount of these machines. What we are going to do is save a certain number of them and use the rest as parts for the ones to be saved, and the question of the day is are they able to do a RAID 0 from the motherboard? If they cannot, can they be set up to do a software RAID with the system being on the RAID itself? The goal here is to squeeze as much speed out of these dinosaurs as we can. Thanks LTT community!

Asus ROG STRIX B450-F Gaming || AMD Ryzen R5 3600 || Cooler Master Hyper 212+ || 16GB G. Skill RAM 3133Mhz (OC) || Samsung 850 || Seagate 500GB &1TB HDD || EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW || Cooler Master 500w power supply || Fractal Design Define R4 Windowed - Blackout Edition

24" Dell S2340M + Apple Cinema Display || Corsair K65 RGB || Logitech G602

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

Hmm... looks like that system has an old 945G express chipset, which did have support for RAID functionality. Depends on what the manufacturer did though. Boot one into the BIOS, you would need to find somewhere where you can chance the controller from IDE or AHCI to RAID. If you find that, should be able to create a RAID0 set.

Best bet - use Windows 7 - should support that ICH7r controller. if you install with XP, you will need the controller drivers on a floppy.

Also, software doing RAID0 doesn't mix. :) Even if you can, you take such a hit in performance from the OS doing all the raid calculations, would negate the pro of RAID0....

Forum Links - Community Standards, Privacy Policy, FAQ, Features Suggestions, Bug and Issues.

Folding/Boinc Info - Check out the Folding and Boinc Section, read the Folding Install thread and the Folding FAQ. Info on Boinc is here. Don't forget to join team 223518. Check out other users Folding Rigs for ideas. Don't forget to follow the @LTTCompute for updates and other random posts about the various teams.

Spoiler

Whaler_99 Links - "Green Machine" (watercooled), "Out of the Blue" (watercooled), My 4P Folding rigs, My multi GPU Folding Rigs, The Water Cooling FAQ, My 40TB Storage Server, My Folding Stats. The CM HAF XB review, the Aqualis Pro 450 review, the PrimoChill CTR Phase II Res review, the IcyDock ToughArmor 6x1 review, the 3x2 Storage Cage review, the 5x3 Storage Cage review, my Milwaukee Jobsite Backpack review, my Thermaltake Core X2 review, my CoolerMaster Storm Stryker overview. Link to DA Blogs home.

Follow me on Twitter for updates @Whaler_99

 

 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author

I did not see in the BIOS what you said... What I did see however under drive configuration are the following options:

Use automatic mode:

ATA/IDE mode:

SMART

Hard disk pre-delay .

Thats about all I see... If you can gather anything from that that would be awesome, however if not I guess I am SOL. Thanks!

Asus ROG STRIX B450-F Gaming || AMD Ryzen R5 3600 || Cooler Master Hyper 212+ || 16GB G. Skill RAM 3133Mhz (OC) || Samsung 850 || Seagate 500GB &1TB HDD || EVGA GeForce GTX 1060 FTW || Cooler Master 500w power supply || Fractal Design Define R4 Windowed - Blackout Edition

24" Dell S2340M + Apple Cinema Display || Corsair K65 RGB || Logitech G602

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Storage Devices

×