Is this Raid Controller worth buying over just using the Intel Raid Controller that's on a motherboard? Is there a big speed difference in RAID 0?
1944262
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
1944263
Use the Intel Raid Controller that is on your motherboard if you are going RAID 0, that's what I would do. I am using the card for an SSD which was perfect for my computer, big jump in performance. Not sure how it would work under RAID 0, seeing how I have never used it for that. Hope this helps.
1944264
Probably not. If you motherboard is equipped with SATA3, RAID0 on this card will not be any faster (probably slower) than onboard RAID0.
1944265
With a raid card you wont have to rely on getting the same motherboard chipset that the raid was created on which can be difficult a few years after purchase. You can just pop this in a new motherboard and it would just work without worries of having to reconfigure onboard raid and risk corrupting or overwriting the data already on the drives, which is way to easy to do.
1944266
that depends on you mother board...raid x is raid x ....but sata3 is way faster then 1 or 2 ... then thers how meany drive you put in raid vs the max speed of you raid card what ever it is
1944267
I bought it so I could use a SATA 600 SSD drive in an older machine, as the 1x slot PCIe would not deliver that speed for me.
1944268
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.
1944269
Not really. I only bought it because I needed more ports. Unless you need more ports or the controller on the motherboard isn't working. There is no reason for it.
1673524
It will work for any system that's capable of handling a SATA-compatible drive. However, it's rather much overkill for a desktop system - you might be better off going with a WD Black-edition drive, in comparable capacity. The only situation I can see this being cost-effective, is if you have a large RAID array on your workstation, attached via *hardware* controller (MOBO-based controller or software controller is not comparable). In this scenario, a good LSI MegaRaid controller will be able to work effectively to give you a pretty solid array. Keep in mind, much of the draw for this device is the TRIM-capable controller chipset on the drive; Black or Green -series drives are not suitable for effective RAID configuration, as they don't have TRIM capacity in their onboard chipsets.
1706934
That's exactly what I'm doing and why I bought this; however I am certainly no hardware guru. It takes a while for it to show upon explorer (4-5 secs), windows needs to read it, etc. I would go to the internet and find a forum that has a topic for hardware, giving them the model, intent, etc. Let me know what you find out. I am interested. My final goal it to set up a RAID, still need one more hard drive.
1951198
That depends if your controller supports it, if so then yes. I am running raid 10 on mine.
735280
Onboard RAID (0, 1, 1+0) is a software supported RAID. If you want performance RAID I'd recommend a dedicated RAID card. Also ESXI does not support onboard software RAID.
542428
RAID is a method of grouping 2 or more disks to function as one. There are different types of RAID that serve different purposes. More info can be found here: http://www.thegeekstuff.com/2010/08/raid-levels-tutorial/No, this does not provide RAID functionality. You need a RAID controller card or a motherboard that was this built in. This simply provides an easy means of allowing you to swap hard drives in and out of the computer...usually for use in RAID setups since most support "hot" swapping.This only fits 2.5" drives.
1251179
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
1628059
Check the detailed specifications and you will see big differences other than just the faster SATA connection rate. 4x faster reading, 10x faster writing IOPS. 7mm versus 9.5mm thickness. Not sure if the v4 supports SMART on the older controller chip it uses.Then too your SSD may well outlive several computers, why buy an outdated slow one that you will be living with for years?
2215018
Technically the on-board. Unless you are doing tens of thousands of transfers an hour, or moving enormous files (1Gb+) constantly, you would never see the difference in a home or small office system. The question comes down to one of what equipment is available at what cost. I used 3 of the 640L controllers in a business application each supporting a 6Tb RAID-5 array for video editing and storage. No speed issues there.
347224
This card supports RAID-0 and RAID-1 only setup. It does not support RAID-5
1989534
I have not...I ran it with Server 2008 R2 until I switched to a LSI 9212-4i4e which works great with Server 2012 R2 and has a lot more throughput. It is an HBA just like the Highpoint but is PCI Express x8 and supports RAID 0/1/1E/10. Good luck.
1748583
The RAID feature is the only difference, the choice is do you just want up to 8 individual drives (JOBD) or do you want to protect you data from loss (RAID). I have both units and they both function great.
700392
This card is not capable of Hardware RAID configurations. If you were previously using your motherboard for that functionality then you will lose it when you move over your hard drives to this card. If you still want to keep some form of RAID then you could look into Software RAID. Windows 7 has this functionality built in. Just keep in mind that Software RAID does not perform as fast as Hardware RAID and I don't recommend it unless it's your only option or you just need it for data redundancy. Remember to back up your data if you are going to try and setup a Software RAID on your existing drives! Good luck. This card is not capable of Hardware RAID configurations. If you were previously using your motherboard for that functionality then you will lose it when you move over your hard drives to this card. If you still want to keep some form of RAID then you could look into Software RAID. Windows 7 has this functionality built in. Just keep in mind that Software RAID does not perform as fast as Hardware RAID and I don't recommend it unless it's your only option or you just need it for data redundancy. Remember to back up your data if you are going to try and setup a Software RAID on your existing... » Read More This card is not capable of Hardware RAID configurations. If you were previously using your motherboard for that functionality then you will lose it when you move over your hard drives to this card. If you still want to keep some form of RAID then you could look into Software RAID. Windows 7 has this functionality built in. Just keep in mind that Software RAID does not perform as fast as Hardware RAID and I don't recommend it unless it's your only option or you just need it for data redundancy. Remember to back up your data if you are going to try and setup a Software RAID on your existing drives! Good luck. « Show Less
2215019
Thank you. The board is an ASUS Sabertooth Z87 with a RAID controller onboard. I want to use both a RAID data array and SSD drives for OS. I am told the board can do this but I'm unsure about setup of this feature and thought the card may be an easier way to control the array and set the BIOS for hot swap SATA and let the card control the array. Maybe I should look at a different RAID card.
127796
I am not using it in a raid setup but The card is raid compatible. Check the specs. I haven't had any problems.
1379043
Yes. That's exactly what I bought it for - extra ports. There is a message that pops up on booting about RAID but extra ports work as intended.
1366633
This model does not have RAID 0. Only the very top end model has tha(UX301-XH71T I think)--Edit: Apparently I was incorrect, as the person in the comment reply below said this model does in fact have Raid 0 (according to "Properties" of the 2 partitions, OS and DATA). There is no option in the BIOS to disable this, which is unfortunate. Although RAID 0 using SSDs is not nearly as dangerous for your data as with a normal hard-drive since a failure is so unlikely.