| Windows 7: Raid set up Questions - How do i set up a raid with 2 SSD's |
28 Jan 2013
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Raid set up Questions - How do i set up a raid with 2 SSD's The problem is i have 2 30GB OCZ Vertex SSD's,, 30Gb just isnt enough space,,,
right now i set them up in a raid0 setting with a 64k striping and everythings working good
but after windows 7 install and updates and a couple smaller programs i only have like 14Gb free space,,,
i would really like to attach these two drives in a line if possible so that i have a 60Gb C:drive. After reading up on raid set ups and that,,,, i just can't seem to figure the best way to do this,,, I do only have the two drives and do NOT want to spend any more money on a 3rd drive to run a JBOD raid,, thinking i may just have to go with two separate drives one for Windows 7 and one for storage but it would be so much cooler if i could stich them together as one 60gb drive.
Im not concerned with loosing data or anything as if one drive crashes i will just reinstall win 7 from a back up set or just do a fresh new install on which ever drive doesnt fail and deal with just having 30gb space.
Can anyone with raid experience let me know IF this is possible and if so HOW i set it up. | My System Specs |
| Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
29 Jan 2013
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Still looking to do this, guessing that no one here has any ideas on this???,,, or i just hav'nt waited long enuff yet lol. I was hoping to do this asap since it is a computer im going to try and sell. Any help would be much appreciated! | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
30 Jan 2013
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#3 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 Florida, USA |
If you have installed them as RAID 0, then the C: drive should be twice what each drive is individually.
It won't be 60GB since the manufacturers use decimal to spec the drives while the system uses binary.
It should be about 55.8GB. Drive displays a smaller capacity than the indicated size on the drive label | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 CPU INTEL Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Motherboard Gigabyte GA X79 UD5 v1.0 F13s Memory 16 GB (4 X 4GB) G-Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 2133 Quad Channel Graphics Card EVGA GTX 460 SC 1GB Sound Card Realtek Onboard ALC898 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung BX2431 Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Explorer Mouse PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Thermaltake Armor+ Cooling INTEL BXRTS2011LC Liquid-cooled Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 1.5
3x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 2.25
4 x WD 2002FAEX SATA
4xWD 7501AALS SATA Internet Speed 6.0 Mb/s |
30 Jan 2013
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Thanks Pbcopter this i know! I simply meant i want to chain the drives so i have full space of both drives,,, right now for some reason ( i thought because as Raid0 thats what it did been awhile now since i did it, i guess i should re- research as im not sure now how i set it up),,, i only have space of one drive, i set them up in Raid through the bios on the motherboard, maybe thays why i dont know but i figured both were working together, as one 30Gb drive | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
30 Jan 2013
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#5 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 Doncaster, UK |
Check the BIOS RAID controller settings again. It sounds as though you might have set them up to mirror (RAID1) instead of stripe (RAID0). | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Dwarf Dwf/11/2012 OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 Service Pack 1 CPU Intel Core-i5-3570K 4-core @ 3.4GHz (Ivy Bridge) (OC 4.2GHz) Motherboard ASRock Z77 Extreme4-M Memory 4 x 4GB DDR3-1600 Corsair Vengeance CMZ8GX3M2A1600C9B (16GB) Graphics Card 2 x AMD Radeon HD7770 1GB CrossFired (OC 1100MHz/1250MHz) Sound Card Realtek High Definition on board solution (ALC 898) Monitor(s) Displays ViewSonic VA1912w Widescreen (VGA) Screen Resolution 1440x900 Keyboard Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 3000 (USB) Mouse Microsoft Comfort Mouse 3000 for Business (USB) PSU XFX Pro Series 850W Semi-Modular Case Gigabyte IF233 Cooling 1 x 120mm Front Inlet 1 x 120mm Rear Exhaust Hard Drives OCZ Agility 3 SSD 120GB SATA III x2 (RAID 0)
Samsung HD501LJ 500GB SATA II x2
Hitachi HDS721010CLA332 1TB SATA II
Iomega 1.5TB Ext USB 2.0
WD 2.0TB Ext USB 3.0 Internet Speed NetGear DG834Gv3 ADSL Modem/Router (Ethernet) ~4.0 Mb/s (O2) Antivirus Avast! 7.0.1474 Browser IE 9 Other Info Optical Drive: HL-DT-ST BD-RE BH10LS30 SATA Bluray
Lexmark S305 Printer/Scanner/Copier (USB)
CTF-430 Tablet & Pen
WEI Score: 7.7/7.9/7.4/7.4/7.9
Asus Eee PC 1011PX Netbook (Windows 7 x86 Starter) |
30 Jan 2013
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#6 | | Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 Florida, USA |
Yes, I agree with Dwarf. Check you BIOS settings. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Built OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1, Windows 8 Pro x64 CPU INTEL Core i7 3820 LGA 2011 Motherboard Gigabyte GA X79 UD5 v1.0 F13s Memory 16 GB (4 X 4GB) G-Skill Ripjaws Z DDR3 2133 Quad Channel Graphics Card EVGA GTX 460 SC 1GB Sound Card Realtek Onboard ALC898 Monitor(s) Displays Samsung BX2431 Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech G15 Mouse Microsoft Wireless Explorer Mouse PSU Corsair HX1000W Case Thermaltake Armor+ Cooling INTEL BXRTS2011LC Liquid-cooled Hard Drives OCZ Vertex 4 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 1.5
3x OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5 in. SSD FW 2.25
4 x WD 2002FAEX SATA
4xWD 7501AALS SATA Internet Speed 6.0 Mb/s |
30 Jan 2013
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Quote: Originally Posted by Dwarf Check the BIOS RAID controller settings again. It sounds as though you might have set them up to mirror (RAID1) instead of stripe (RAID0). checked it out and it was set to mirrioring,, so i changed it to a stripe set up,, the bios doesnt give or show a raid0 option so i set everything to defaults changed the option from mirroring stripe to just stripe and i still only get 29.81gb of space after installing win 7.
I must be doing something wrong or this is just to old of a bios maybe? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
30 Jan 2013
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oh yeah heres a shot of the system too BTW,, Except its now got a raedeon HD4650 in it,, pretty cool older set up, updated with the ssd drives.
Basic Specs:
✔ Asus P5N-E SLI Motherboard
✔ Intel core 2 duo 2.4Ghz cpu thats never been overclocked
✔ 4GB Crucial PC2 6400 800Mhz DDR2 with Black heat sinks
✔ 500 Watt Power Supply
✔ 2- 30 Gb OCZ Onyx SSD Drives
Just hope i can get this raid set up right.
EDIT: Nevermind i got it now,, i had to set it to Spanning and now i have a jbod with 59gb space  About to install win 7 on it hopefully it works, i thought Jbod had to have 3 or more disks | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
30 Jan 2013
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Ok so one more question, if i set up a Jbod (on another PC) with an SSD drive and an IDE drive i assume i will only have the read and write speed of the slower drive correct? | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number JRockZ OS Win 7 64 Ultimate CPU AMD 8350 Bulldozer 4ghz Motherboard Asus M5a97 R2 Memory 6gb Graphics Card ATI Radeon HD 5770 Sound Card Board Monitor(s) Displays Dual Gateway 19" Screen Resolution 1440X900 PSU 750 Watt Thermaltake Tough Power Case Diablotek EVO Mid Tower Case CPA-6170 - 8X 120mm case fans Cooling Corsair Liquid Cooled Hard Drives OCZ Agility SSD Antivirus NAV Browser Always IE |
01 Feb 2013
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#10 | | Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) South Australia |

Quote: Originally Posted by JRockZ i will only have the read and write speed of the slower drive correct? Yes, that correct - the slower drive takes precedence. | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Number Golden Mk. I.3 OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 (x64) CPU Intel i7 860 @ 2.80 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte P55A-UD3R Rev.1. Award BIOS F13 Memory 16GB Corsair Vengance DDR3 @ 661 MHz Dual Channel (9-9-9-24) Graphics Card EVGA NVidia GTX 560 1024MB Sound Card Realtek Integrated Monitor(s) Displays Dual Samsung SyncMaster 2494HS Screen Resolution 1920*1080 and 1920*1080 Keyboard Logitech G110 Mouse Logitech MX518 PSU Thermaltake ToughPower QFan 750W Case Thermaltake Element S VK60001W2Z Cooling Corsair H60 Water Cooling, 2*230mm and 2*80mm case fans Hard Drives 1*OCZ Vertex 2 60GB SSD;
2*Samsung F3 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID0;
3*Samsung F1 SpinPoint 1TB in RAID5;
1*Western Digital 500GB External USB 3.0
1*Seagate 500GB External USB 2.0 Internet Speed Not fast enough!!! Antivirus MSE and Malwarebytes Pro Browser Chrome Version 25 Other Info Laptop: ASUS X54C, Intel Core i3-2330M @ 2.0Ghz, 4GB RAM, Intel HD on-board graphics, Windows 7 Professional SP1 (x64), LinuxMint 14 (x64), PepperMint 3 (x86) Raid set up Questions - How do i set up a raid with 2 SSD's problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:00 AM. | |