Raid 0 Array(sata)

[BobBarr]

Hi ive been scowering the net on all the possible raid configs and chose to go with with raid0 on my next build. i want to pair 3 160gb drives together, however i havent learned if it can be done with 3 considering all the examples i see are using 2 drives. is it possible? and if it is do i need a raid card or can i load a driver at the windows setup on xp. thanks. and sorry if this might be in another thread.

 

[mlee49]

You can Raid0 with more than 2 drives. You'll have enable the HDD as RAID in the BIOS and then setup the raid striping after rebooting.

Just make a raid floppy disk for your operating system bit version(ie 32bit or 64 bit raid drivers) and place the floppy disk in your computer when you go through the OS installation.

What motherboard do you have?

 

[BobBarr]

Im currently running on a temp dell 531 till i get my antec setup fixed im just doing this so i know what to buy in a few weeks but im gonna go with this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813135235
for my antec setup

 

[BobBarr]

Just make a raid floppy disk for your operating system bit version(ie 32bit or 64 bit raid drivers) and place the floppy disk in your computer when you go through the OS installation.

If i get and use vista will i have to make a floppy?

 

[Kenshai]

If i get and use vista will i have to make a floppy?

Nope a flash drive will work just fine, or a cd.

 

[BobBarr]

Nope a flash drive will work just fine, or a cd.

thanks

 

[mlee49]

With some chipsets Vista detects them automatically. My old Asus P45 board had a ICH9 sata chipset controller that was detected automatically during the install.

 

[Kenshai]

With some chipsets Vista detects them automatically. My old Asus P45 board had a ICH9 sata chipset controller that was detected automatically during the install.

Forgot to mention that, Vista and 7 will auto detect drivers for ICH9R and ICH10R chipsets. Sorry about that.

 

[Static~Charge]

Forgot to mention that, Vista and 7 will auto detect drivers for ICH9R and ICH10R chipsets. Sorry about that.

Yeah, Vista and Windows 7 have Intel's AHCI/RAID drivers on the installation disc; Windows XP doesn't. If you're using XP, you'll have to make an F6 diskette with the drivers or slipstream them into a custom installation disc.

If you install Vista, it would be a good idea to hit Intel's web site, download the current Matrix Storage Manager software, and install it. The drivers on the installation disc are already out-of-date by the time the software starts shipping....