Single SSD in RAID mode

[L3773R5a]

Does anyone know if the TRIM command will work on an SSD that has the motherboard configured in RAID mode running as a boot drive alongside three HDD's  that are in RAID 5.

 

I have read a fair bit about it but if anyone that really knows can clarify, that would be great. I am running this on an AMD 890fx platform.

[Guest]

If your SSD manufacturer provides a software tool for use with the drive, that may be able to tell you if TRIM is working.

[L3773R5a]

If your SSD manufacturer provides a software tool for use with the drive, that may be able to tell you if TRIM is working.

 

Thanks for your reply.

 

I am running an OCZ Vector so i downloaded the OCZ Toolbox however it says "No Supported Drives Found". I looked it up and apparently i need the controller to be set to AHCI mode. That kinda defeats the purpose of the test - wanting to know if TRIM works when the SSD is not apart of a RAID array but still with the controller set to RAID.

 

Don't suppose you have any other ideas?

 

PS I am running this on an AMD 890fx platform.

[Matacks]

This is a neat tool called trim check.  I found out about it on the rog forums.  You can use that to see if trim is working.  you have to run the tool twice for it to find out if trim is working.      

 

http://www.wintotal.de/softwarearchiv/?id=6731&lnk=16997

[stevv]

You could try the brute force way... speed test, fill up drive and delete.. wait and speed test again. 

 

Most likely no.  RAID setting always forces all drive to go through that layer... regardless single or RAID.  (unless it supports passthrough)

 

I know it doesn't work with my intel board and my samsung drive.  Intel 7+ series are the only chipset available to pass TRIM through RAID.. and it's just RAID 0.