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General SATA Questions

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masonchumpia

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Hello. I am quite a serial ATA neophyte, but my questions are as follows:

My system is based on the ASUS K8V SE Deluxe motherboard which features two integrated RAID controllers (one VIA, one Promise). I've already got one WD Raptor 36.7GB hard drive, and I'm planning to buy another complement very soon in order to establish a RAID 0 array; however, I am interested in buying another hard drive (likely 7200RPM, ~200GB) in addition to that exclusively for file storage. Would I be able to put another serial ATA drive on the controller not taken by the future RAID 0 array (i.e., if I had two Raptors on the VIA controller, would I be able to operate another non-RAID drive on the Promise controller), or would I have to settle for and IDE drive that is independent from the RAID array. Or, alternatively, should I forego the serial ATA for an IDE drive altogether?

Secondly, for anyone who has experience with this board: does one controller provide better performance over the other? If so, which one?

Thanks for taking the time to read. I hope someone out there can help!
 
if there are 2 sata raid chips, I would certainly think you could have 2 serperate raids
 
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