RAID 0 and slow boot times

[slavano]

Hello all,

 

I am looking for anyone more knowledgeable with RAID to help me out. My computer spec is listed below. I used to have boot times of under 30s and now just recently have to wait 1min+. I ran some diagnostic software and the only error to note is that my GPU failed a hardware acceleration test.  What do yall think is causing the longer boot times?

 

CPU: i7 4790k

Ram: 16GB

Mobo: asus z97-pro wifi

Boot device: 3 SSD in RAID 0 (raid from mobo, no raid card)

storage: 

2x1TB

2x3TB WD RED Drives in raid 1 (raid from mobo, no raid card)

Gigabyte GTX970 G1 Gaming

power supply: corsair RM1000 PSU(over powered but was a gift

 

Any thoughts??

 

 

Note: GPU error seems to not have affected gaming quality or frame rates at all.

 

Thank you!

[Electronics Wizardy]

Don't run ssds in raid for boot, no reason to, won't help.

[TrigrH]

do u have CSM enabled?

[slavano]

3 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

do u have CSM enabled?

I am not sure if I do but why would I need it for windows 10?

 

8 minutes ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Don't run ssds in raid for boot, no reason to, won't help.

Not  helpful.

[TrigrH]

4 minutes ago, slavano said:

I am not sure if I do but why would I need it for windows 10?

 

Not  helpful.

if u don't have legacy hardware you should disable CSM for faster booting

[ARikozuM]

You likely have a file on the HDDs that the SSDs have to wait for when booting.

 

Don't use RAID 0 for boot. Please don't.

[NTDaws]

Don't use Raid 0 for boot. Thats likely your problem.

[slavano]

5 minutes ago, TrigrH said:

if u don't have legacy hardware you should disable CSM for faster booting

Ill give it a shot. Thank you. 

3 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

You likely have a file on the HDDs that the SSDs have to wait for when booting.

 

Don't use RAID 0 for boot. Please don't.

 

to late for that but I am planning on buying a m.2 pcie ssd for the os in a bit. 

[NTDaws]

You need to set the drives for Raid 1

[slavano]

1 minute ago, Dawson Wehage said:

You need to set the drives for Raid 0

???

[NTDaws]

2 hours ago, slavano said:

???

derp sorry look again

i edited it

[Dark]

In raid, SSDs are reliant on their own garbage collection to clean up bits/cells when needed, to keep them operating well. Unfortunately, windows does. It send grim commands to an array of SSDs. 

 

You're better off running 3 independent drives instead of an array, especially when it's RAID 0.  I doubt you'd notice any performance decrease, even when compared to when you initially set it up. 

[TheCherryKing]

Don't use RAID functions built into the motherboard. Get a dedicated RAID card. SATA SSDs aren't designed to run in RAID.

[Syntaxvgm]

On 1/16/2017 at 7:48 PM, Electronics Wizardy said:

Don't run ssds in raid for boot, no reason to, won't help.

 

On 1/16/2017 at 8:02 PM, Dawson Wehage said:

Don't use Raid 0 for boot. Thats likely your problem.

 

On 1/16/2017 at 8:04 PM, Dawson Wehage said:

You need to set the drives for Raid 1

 

5 hours ago, TheCherryKing said:

Don't use RAID functions built into the motherboard. Get a dedicated RAID card. SATA SSDs aren't designed to run in RAID.

bitch please 

2 850 evos. Thinking of adding  third. 

to be fair, one bad windows update is all it takes to fuck with intel RST and cause a failure. This PC is only a gaming and HTPC