ICH9R raid control

[runLoganrun]

Is it possible to have 2 separate raid 1 setups on the same controller, as well as an optical drive?

 

[Megalomaniac]

good question.

The CD drive i dont see a problem with since it wont be part of the raid.

Im wondering if anyone here did a raid 1 and a raid 0 (a raid 10) on 2 disks with a 1-3 split of space.

judging by the literature provided by intel, both are possible

oh and here are some links

http://techreport.com/articles.x/8059/1

http://www.techarp.com/showarticle.aspx?artno=206&pgno=0

http://www.neoseeker.com/Articles/Hardware/Features/intelmatrixich6r/

some are dated

 

[BillParrish]

Is it possible to have 2 separate raid 1 setups on the same controller,

The ICH9R ? sure no problem. Could even do 3 if you wanted. Only "gotcha" I have found is that raid 5 arrays are limited to 4 physical disks. Other than that it works the dream and is easy to setup. Boot, hit ctrl+I to go into drive setup and create whatever combination of arrays you want, have the raid driver installed in the OS or do the F6 pre-install with XP and away you go.

http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/matrixstorage_sb.htm

 

[maddude]

I'm running 2 RAID 0's, a single HD, and an optical drive on the Intel ICH9R, so I'd say your options are open!