How to setup raid 0 with SSD

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  1. Posts : 505
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #1

    How to setup raid 0 with SSD


    Hi,
    I recently bought my new computer, and it came with two RealSSD C300 256 GB.
    I want to set up raid 0 to have one drive with 512 GB. I really don't mind the performance boost, i just want to have one partition with 512 GB.
    I already have it on RAID mode, but whenever the Marvel screen appears, i already tried pressing CTRL M, CTRL R, CTRL I, Space, none of those seem to work.

    I own the Maximus IV Extreme motherboard.

    What do i do?

    Thanks,
    Alex.
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    Hi,

    You cannot have a single partition of 512GB using standard RAID architecture - the RAID0 will still only be 256GB in size. It sounds like what you are after is a JBOD.

    Non-RAID drive architectures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Regards,
    Golden

    EDIT : Actually, I've had a mad moment, I was thinking about RAID1, my apologies. You can do that with a RAID0. Have you tried using the Intel RAID controller? Are you comfortable with the risk inherent in a RAID0 setup?
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  3. Posts : 505
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Golden said:
    Hi,

    You cannot have a single partition of 512GB using standard RAID architecture - the RAID0 will still only be 256GB in size. It sounds like what you are after is a JBOD.

    Non-RAID drive architectures - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Regards,
    Golden

    EDIT : Actually, I've had a mad moment, I was thinking about RAID1, my apologies. You can do that with a RAID0. Have you tried using the Intel RAID controller? Are you comfortable with the risk inherent in a RAID0 setup?
    Yes, i am comfortable with the risk. How do i use the intel RAID controller? The one time i had to setup raid, all i had to do was press CTRL M, configure the raid type, select volume, and it was done.

    Now i press CTRL M, I , R and space, even f6 but nothing happens.
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  4. Posts : 627
    win 7 ( 64 bit)
       #4

    if i'm not mistaking you have to set the controller to raid in your bios first . then when booting you should see press ctrl + i . that will let you setup your drives.

    scrooge
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  5. Posts : 505
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #5

    scrooge said:
    if i'm not mistaking you have to set the controller to raid in your bios first . then when booting you should see press ctrl + i . that will let you setup your drives.

    scrooge

    Thats just the thing, i set it to RAID, and i press control + i but it wont show me the setup.
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  6. Posts : 475
    Windows 7 Pro x64 -- PCLinuxOS KDE4 FullMonty 2011
       #6

    Is the keyboard working? That's all I got.
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  7. Posts : 505
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #7

    AlexRD said:
    scrooge said:
    if i'm not mistaking you have to set the controller to raid in your bios first . then when booting you should see press ctrl + i . that will let you setup your drives.


    scrooge

    Thats just the thing, i set it to RAID, and i press control + i but it wont show me the setup.
    Nevermind that, i had to dig in a little deeper in the BIOS setting to find another RAID setting. But now i am seeing Options like Stripe Size, quick init and Cache Mode. What do i choose? Writethru or Writeback in cache mode, also what stripe size?
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  8. Posts : 627
    win 7 ( 64 bit)
       #8

    i'd use the system setting.


    scrooge
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  9. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #9

    If you want 1 partition spanning 2 drives you have to use spanned volumes, also called dynamic disks. But I really fail to see the purpose of that.
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  10. Posts : 505
    Windows 7 Professional x64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I managed to make Raid 0 work, i created a VD with 64kb Stripe Size, Write back.
    But, the windows installer is not recognizing it, while the boot section of the bios is.

    What do i do? Should i install any driver?
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