Questions about possible raid setup

[ituggle]

I am about to build the i7 rig. 920, Gigabyte UD5 and 4870X2 running on Windows 7.

I have 2 Vertex 120's I want to set up in raid 0 for OS and programs.

I am considering setting up a raid 5 with 6 of the Barracuda 1.5TB 7200.11 that Dell has on sale right now.

The first question is, if I get an areca ARC-1220, will i be able to use 2 ports for the raid 0 array and the other 6 for the raid 5 array?

Also, are there any known issues concerning compatibility with either set of drives and this raid card? I can wait on the big drives, not a high priority, but I want to get the right card to pull this off.

Any opinions would be appreciated

Oh, I currently have an areca 1200 for raid 0 OS on my everyday box. Do all areca controllers have that horrible beep every time you boot up? Is there a way to get rid of it?

 

[ituggle]

bump for some help?

 

[sonofander]

Yes, you will have the option to setup a 2 disk raid 0 array and a 6 disk raid 5 on the 1220.

No, there is no way to disable the startup beep

Can't help you with compatability issues, sorry

 

[ituggle]

thanks for chiming in.

much appreciated.

 

[saedrin]

I would setup the RAID0 on the motherboard's controller, that way if you decide to move the RAID5 array to a NAS you won't have to worry about finding another controller or reformatting the array on a different controller.