raid 0 question

[gastf2]

hi,

 

in have in my PC 2 Intel 520 120GB ssd's in raid 0.

 

now is my  question if i want to expand my storage to 480.

can i put an extra intel 520 240gb ssd in or do i have to buy 2 120gb versions.

 

 

 

note.

it's not important if speeds in increase.

 

 

regards,

gastf2

 

 

[Joe3417]

Welcome to the forum!

[Bluethulhu]

I wouldn't recommend having 2x120GB and 1x240GB disks in RAID 0.

[IdeaStormer]

hi,

 

in have in my PC 2 Intel 520 120GB ssd's in raid 0.

 

now is my  question if i want to expand my storage to 480.

can i put an extra intel 520 240gb ssd in or do i have to buy 2 120gb versions.

 

 

 

note.

it's not important if speeds in increase.

 

 

regards,

gastf2

 

Two more 120GB SSD's.

 

If you added the 240GB SSD, you'd only get 3x120GB not 4x120, and waste 120GB's from the 240GB SSD.

 

Also, if your mobo only has 2 SATA III ports you'll have to use SATA II ports for the next two SSD's, might factor in your decision(s).

[LIGISTX]

IdeaStormer is right. And if you only have 2 SATA 3's, you will see serious performance loss by using SATA 2's for the additional drives, although I guess 4 SSD's in RAID 0 even on SATA 2 is pretty frikin fast...

[TechSage]

Welcome to the forum!

nice catch

edit: he actually joined in april, but this is his first post.

[gastf2]

Two more 120GB SSD's.

 

If you added the 240GB SSD, you'd only get 3x120GB not 4x120, and waste 120GB's from the 240GB SSD.

 

Also, if your mobo only has 2 SATA III ports you'll have to use SATA II ports for the next two SSD's, might factor in your decision(s).

 

IdeaStormer is right. And if you only have 2 SATA 3's, you will see serious performance loss by using SATA 2's for the additional drives, although I guess 4 SSD's in RAID 0 even on SATA 2 is pretty frikin fast...

 

thank you for info.

 

i have an asus sabertooth z77, 4x SATA-300, 4x SATA-600. but 2 of the 4  sata 600 are on an other chip set, does it matter?

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the forum!

thank you for welcoming me.

 

regards,

gastf2

[IdeaStormer]

thank you for info.

 

i have an asus sabertooth z77, 4x SATA-300, 4x SATA-600. but 2 of the 4  sata 600 are on an other chip set, does it matter?

 

 

thank you for welcoming me.

 

regards,

gastf2

 

Yes, the dual raid controllers does matter, you may have 4 SATA III ports but they are on different controllers so you can't have them all on the same raid array. You can do 2 SATA III's and 2 SATA II's that are on the same controller.

[IdeaStormer]

Just checked your Sabertooth Mobo's second controller doesn't list RAID features so you can't use those for the RAID 0.

[wpirobotbuilder]

hi,

 

in have in my PC 2 Intel 520 120GB ssd's in raid 0.

 

now is my  question if i want to expand my storage to 480.

can i put an extra intel 520 240gb ssd in or do i have to buy 2 120gb versions.

 

 

 

note.

it's not important if speeds in increase.

 

 

regards,

gastf2

Get a 480 GB SSD, and sell your old ones. A 4-drive RAID 0 is a huge risk of failure for not much performance gain in real-world situation.

[Appelzaadje]

Yes, the dual raid controllers does matter, you may have 4 SATA III ports but they are on different controllers so you can't have them all on the same raid array. You can do 2 SATA III's and 2 SATA II's that are on the same controller.

not per say, if you use windows disk management or some other os you can also add a software raid witch can spawn across difrent chipsets

also not all difrent chipsets dont work in this way i can use all my 6 ports for 1 raid i have tryed

however this did destroy post time for me

[IdeaStormer]

not per say, if you use windows disk management or some other os you can also add a software raid witch can spawn across difrent chipsets

also not all difrent chipsets dont work in this way i can use all my 6 ports for 1 raid i have tryed

however this did destroy post time for me

 

Show him how to do it then.

 

(good luck!)

[Appelzaadje]

i have a different motherboard and a different raid controller but al 6 sata ports show up in the raid controller when i wanted to set ir up but i do have 2 ports on a marvel controller and 4 on an amd controller but i could make a cross platform raid just as if it was one controler. Could set it up just as if it was one no problem.