I have a question for you. I have the new Transcend combo card installed and attached to it is (2) 1TB WD Hard Drives. There working fine and at SATA III speed but when I restart my machine and I go into the BIOS and see that RAID is selected, I...
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Hello fellow Transcend card user: First of all, I am not using my card in a RAID configuration. However, I do believe your assumption is correct. I have an ASUS MoBo and to access the installed RAID functionality of the MoBo, I have to attach the hard drives directly to a specific set of SATA III I/O ports. You may want to check your MoBo manual for such requirements. You may also want to pose this question to your Mobo manufacturer. Further, you may want to consider running your RAID configuration from a USB-3 and/or e-SATA external RAID enclosure. Hope this information can be of some help - Good luck.
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Yes it would be worth it if their support was not so bad. I have it running on 2 other computers no problem, then I had a problem, and the email support is a joke, hours waiting for a reply, then it was usually wrong. It allows you to take the raid to any computer if something dies in the "original computer" But I have that card and can not make it work. It is a shame! The on board Raid is ok but slow and if you have to move the drives, the MB must have the same version and firmware or else it can cause drama. So make sure of the return process on this card.
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I would not buy this card, could not make it work and support is terrible. All most any external Raid will be faster than the Software raid on the motherboard. Plus if the board dies, you just move the card to anything that is working and you have your data back. If you have to move software raid to another MB and it is a different version or drivers, it can be an issue. So find a good card and you will have the best of both worlds. I do have some software raids in my office only to archive data to, not for working data. Hope this helps, Cheers
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When I first got it (about 9 months ago), I started with 1 hard drive and it worked fine. I added another drive in single disk mode and it's also working fine. Although I didn't set it up as RAID, I remember I had a choice to turn it into RAID. However, I don't remember if formatting both drives is required for RAID; it's not required for two drives in single disk mode. This was a few updates ago, so it might have changed, but I think you can still start off with one drive, add another drive in the future, and set them up as RAID.
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I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power... » Read More I'm using 5 of these... WD Red 3TB NAS Desktop Hard Disk Drive - Intellipower SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Cache 3.5 Inch - WD30EFRXI've had no problems out of them since installing back in June (2013). I think you can format up to 10GB of usable space with Synology's RAID "method".I'm using the DS710+ as my main NAS controller. It has an additional 2x 2TB drives installed in it. I have the entire system connected to an APC UPS via the USB connector. Pretty much all automated shutdown/recover in case of power failure.Bill « Show Less
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Raid 5 is much more complex computation-wise than RAID 0/1 and requires a more complex on-board processor to handle, thus it's rare to see on cards of this price range and if one at this price point offered it I would be wary of using it. Raid 5 can be implemented "poorly" and lose parity thus negating it's purpose. I would also recommend looking at other drive array solutions as RAID 5 has fallen out of favor in recent years. RAID 6, RAID 10 and things like ZFS have a lot more to offer these days. This card is great if you just need to add some disks or replace a faulty on-board SATA controller (why I bought it) Raid 5 is much more complex computation-wise than RAID 0/1 and requires a more complex on-board processor to handle, thus it's rare to see on cards of this price range and if one at this price point offered it I would be wary of using it. Raid 5 can be implemented "poorly" and lose parity thus negating it's purpose. I would also recommend looking at other drive array solutions as RAID 5 has fallen out of favor in recent years. RAID 6, RAID 10 and things like ZFS have a lot more to offer these days. This card is great if you just need to add some disks or... » Read More Raid 5 is much more complex computation-wise than RAID 0/1 and requires a more complex on-board processor to handle, thus it's rare to see on cards of this price range and if one at this price point offered it I would be wary of using it. Raid 5 can be implemented "poorly" and lose parity thus negating it's purpose. I would also recommend looking at other drive array solutions as RAID 5 has fallen out of favor in recent years. RAID 6, RAID 10 and things like ZFS have a lot more to offer these days. This card is great if you just need to add some disks or replace a faulty on-board SATA controller (why I bought it) « Show Less
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I believe you can only do a software RAID 0 or 1, but this card is really NOT meant for that! It is the best way to give your ssd a sata 6.0 connection on an older motherboard. Also, you only want to connect ONE ssd to this card to get the maximum speed!
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In the past RAID has been a hardware supported function. I don't use this in a RAID setup as I only have two drives in it so far. You should view this as four separate USB to SATA bridges. Any RAID function you want to use will have to be 100% software implemented.
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I have hooked up a 8TB GTech raid and it works every time. Also other accessories like monitors/Ethernet. But remember, it's thunderbolt only.
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What type of drive do you have? Yo need dual raid SSD drives sata 3+ to get around those speeds.
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The card itself has no RAID capabilities; the HDDs are reported to BIOS and OS as independent drives. That means you can only create software RAID arrays, via the OS.
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Honest opinion as much as this may suck to hear, take the hot swap out. Mine was faulty and from reviews I've seen I'm far from the only one it happened too. A hot swap would a been nice but I had error after error on my raid and soon as I took it out no more errors.
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WD says that greens will work and nothing else. I have a feeling that has to do with the lower power consumption. I have heard horror stories about green drives and WD software has said my drives have gone bad, but the drives read and write just fine. I love the raid setup and dont know why anyone else hasn't continued this setup at this price point ( I bought mine used for a little less than $100)
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Hi, I suggest buying a caddy to put your drives in, I assume SATA, and then you can transfer them without issue to the RAID. You can usually buy USB Caddy or enclosures for less than $20. Hope this helps.BR,Dave
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I have eight 4TB drives, totaling to 32 TB's. Haven't tried 5TB drives.Do note that I'm no longer using the included RAID controller though, it had too many issues. I opted for the SANS DIGITAL HA-DAT-4ESPCIE PCI-Express x8 SATA II (3.0Gb/s) Controller Card on Newegg, had no issues with it since.I think the bus supports 64-bit address mapping, so the capacity limitation per drive is most likely a limitation of the controller and not the multiplier that's built into the SAN enclosure.
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Hi i purchased Transcend 256 GB SATA III 6Gb/s MTS400 42 mm M2. ssd but it's not compatible and not visible on ahci mode and it's very slow on compatible mode, can any one confirm that MyDigitalSSD is visible on AHCI mode and there no compatibility issue
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I am far from an expert on such things and do not know what you are trying to accomplish. Several things you should think about. This is an older 3GB/sec drive not the newer 6GB/sec drive. It takes 4 hard drives to do RAID 10. Does your motherboard support RAID 10? Does your mother board support 6GB/sec drives? The reason to use RAID 10 is speed and redundancy. If your motherboard supports 6GB/sec drives, these drives would not be your best choice. These drives are listed for RAID 0 & 1. I would guess that they should work fine in RAID 10. I use two in RAID 0 with no problems and have had two 320GB blue drives in RAID 0 for several years. I am far from an expert on such things and do not know what you are trying to accomplish. Several things you should think about. This is an older 3GB/sec drive not the newer 6GB/sec drive. It takes 4 hard drives to do RAID 10. Does your motherboard support RAID 10? Does your mother board support 6GB/sec drives? The reason to use RAID 10 is speed and redundancy. If your motherboard supports 6GB/sec drives, these drives would not be your best choice. These drives are listed for RAID 0 & 1. I would guess that they should work fine in RAID 10. I use two in RAID 0 with no problems and have had... » Read More I am far from an expert on such things and do not know what you are trying to accomplish. Several things you should think about. This is an older 3GB/sec drive not the newer 6GB/sec drive. It takes 4 hard drives to do RAID 10. Does your motherboard support RAID 10? Does your mother board support 6GB/sec drives? The reason to use RAID 10 is speed and redundancy. If your motherboard supports 6GB/sec drives, these drives would not be your best choice. These drives are listed for RAID 0 & 1. I would guess that they should work fine in RAID 10. I use two in RAID 0 with no problems and have had two 320GB blue drives in RAID 0 for several years. « Show Less