Z68 and RAID 10

[DejaWiz]

Wondering if anyone knows if Z68 will support RAID 10 with only 2 drives, Linux MD style.

Can't find anything on the web or on mb sites.

 

[Lazn_Work]

I assume you mean by RAIDing partitions rather than drives?

umm. why? You'd get none of the benefits and all the disadvantages..

 

[dandragonrage]

Not sure, but the support will be the same as anything else using the same Intel Matrix RAID OROM version. The latest released is 11.0 and that supports ICH8-10... possibly also ICH7 - I forget. It would be the same as any platform using that version of the OROM.

 

[DejaWiz]

Sorry, should have been more clear. I'm wanting to use the "far" offset mirroring with striping approach.

Drive A 1TB:
A1 500gb
A2 500gb

Drive B 1TB:
B1: 500gb
B2: 500gb

A1 striped to B1, mirrored to B2.
A2 striped to B2, mirrored to B1.

Intel MatrixRAID good for this?

 

[dandragonrage]

That's a terrible idea that would mean writing to two different spots on each disk for every write operation. It reminds me of this: http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/The-Certified-DBA.aspx

 

[DejaWiz]

So I suppose just a plain ole RAID 1 would be a much better option then, huh?

 

[dandragonrage]

Either RAID-1 or buy 2 more drives...