RAID and S3 sleep

[Valnar]

Simple question. Is there any SATA RAID card which supports return from S3 sleep.....reliably? I'd like my file server to go back & forth to sleep when I'm not using it, but my RAID card thinks otherwise.

 

[Blue Fox]

Not really. You need to use hibernate instead. This thread gives a little more detailed explanation as to why: http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1437933

 

[Valnar]

It sounds like the PERC 6/i would work from that thread.

 

[Valnar]

'Nuther question. Would a non-RAID card, one that just added more SATA headers (my motherboard only has four) also allow for S3 standby? My ICH7 has only four headers.

 

[okashira]

Yes, I've posted that my PERC 6/i works just great with sleep. Used with Vista and W7 64.

Currently runs a volume of 6 WD6400AAKS drives in RAID 6. The card and drives are very quick to turn on and off when leaving and entering sleep mode. Never had an issue. Even Sleeps with the stock Vista and W7 drivers, LSI drivers, Dell drivers...