Raid Newbie Question???

[ajcroteau]

If I want to setup my SSD drive with a second SSD drive in a raid configuration, will i not be able to use my second 2TB drive on the same sata controller? My motherboard states that once I set the sata ports as raid, they all become raid. I can't pick and choose which is raid, and which is AHCI...

 

- AJ

[voaz]

Alot of motherboards have multiple controllers I thought so you can have Raid configuration with your SSD and also heave the HDD?

All adjustable in the BIOS.

[itsMacyyyy]

Setting your SATA ports means that it's AHCI mode with RAID compatibility. So you can use two SSD's in RAID 0 or 1 and the HDD by it self.

[N7_Zer0]

When you set it to RAID, AHCI is automatically enabled. On my Intel board, I have a RAID-0 as well as multiple non-raid member disks on the same controller. Intel RST (Matrix RAID) takes care of everything.

[IdeaStormer]

You can set your mobo SATA controller to RAID and never setup a RAID array and all will be fine, everything defaults to AHCI (as previously stated), which is the setting I think everyone should use if you are even dreaming of RAID someday, this way you will be able to use your current setup and a RAID array without needing to re-install or muck with your OS if your OS has issues with that switch, which they do.

 

Again, as reinforcement/proof, I have a two drive RAID 0 array and three stand alone drives on the same controller and a BluRay drive, another system is RAID 1 and again another regular drive.