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Dell R210II and SSD

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george88

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Hello, Long time reader, first time poster =]
Having issues with SSD and R210II, Freezing/Slow Speeds

Specs:
Dell R210II
xeon e3 1240
4x2GB ECC RAM
Corsair Force Series 3 120gb SSD.
Windows Server 2008 Standard r2
Onboard Intel C202 SATA Controller
Installed newest AHCI drivers

I have connected the SSD to the onboard port and in BIOS i set it to AHCI mode, installed windows, then ran MS Updates, as it was installing it went BSOD, when it booted into windows I was unable to run updates again, I recieved 2 error codes, 1 for corrupted files.

So I reinstalled Windows again, ran updates, same thing. So I updated the firmware to the latest version on the SSD, reinstalled windows, ran updates, and success, installed fine, however it was extremely slow, slower then the HDD i had in there before. So i downloaded ATTO to test the SSD, It ran the first run of 0.5 then completely froze, so I downloaded Intel Rapid Storage App to see if it reports anything, when i go to run it, it says This program has stopped working, so I cannot access it. I tried a few more times to run ATTO, and managed to get 1 run out of it.

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as you can see 0.5, 1.0, 2.0 are slow.

So I take it out and plug the SSD into my Desktop Computer, and run ATTO on there, and this is what I get:

desktop.jpg


So I know the SSD works perfectly fine.

I plug it back into the r210II, and then set the mode from AHCI to ATA and this is what I get:

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It performs better on 0.5, 1.0, 2.0, but on everything else its slower.

I have secure erased it and reinstalled, still the same?

I thought it might be the controller onboard, so I tested the 250GB HDD on there an it came out perfectly normal with AHCI enabled.

Thoughts :/?

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Very nice, I'm thinking of getting a couple of these in the new year (you can't beat the the price/ performance ratio).

What version did you go for, two or four drives? Also, how loud is it? and Welcome!
 
Have you tried a Firmware update on the SSD?

I've got 12 in an array, and 1 was causing it to behave very poorly- system hangs. I updated all of the firmware and it's rock solid now.
 
Wiseguy2001 said:
Very nice, I'm thinking of getting a couple of these in the new year (you can't beat the the price/ performance ratio).

What version did you go for, two or four drives? Also, how loud is it? and Welcome!
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2x250gb HDD mate, and it can get loud, very loud!

jen4950 said:
Have you tried a Firmware update on the SSD?

I've got 12 in an array, and 1 was causing it to behave very poorly- system hangs. I updated all of the firmware and it's rock solid now.
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Yes updated firmware to the latest version, what chipset are you using? Is it on a Intel C202 series?
 
george88 said:
2x250gb HDD mate, and it can get loud, very loud!



Yes updated firmware to the latest version, what chipset are you using? Is it on a Intel C202 series?
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No this is on my home machine. I've got an LSI 9265-8i with a Chenbro 23601 and 12 x OCZ Vertex 3 Max IOPS drives.
 
anyone know if this is a MOBO problem or SSD problem? Or even compatibilty problem?
 
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