How to set up a RAID array on your motherboard

[harv3yjb2010]

Thx

[XiXmomoXiX]

what strip size would u recommend doing when doing a raid 0 with ssd's? thanks mate

[KIAPETE1911]

Great Video This helped me alot!

appreciate you taking the time to go though it step by step

[JustineBieberxoxo]

Fuck motherboard raid. Either go software raid or buy hardware raid.

[xfx6]

have the same Hard drivers but only 3 :(,

[ilovemyhonda250ex]

wut iz rayde?

[ua751920]

Great videos, very informative. Is it better to put the OS on the raid array? as I tend to see the opening and closing of programs is what takes the longest amount of time.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@ua751920 I used an SSD for my server to keep the OS fast. Also means if you need to reformat you have no problems :)

[5T34LTHcamoT4NK]

@TimeToLiveCustoms wont raid brake the trim support?

[DannyDethPyroManiac]

Oh my god, I'm using the exact same screen as in the video. w00t w00t! :D

[OutlawLovesNewVegas]

Now, let's say I get a pair of SSDs and want to set them up in RAID 0. To keep my boot drive separate from the RAID, do I just not mess with it during the setup?

[agonalart]

I'm thinking about running six Crucial 256 SSD in RAID 0 on a ASUS Rampage 3 board. I have a 1500 watt PSU in a high-end self built PC for family entertainment-- movies, games, ect. Not so much for work (That's my iMac). I know I can get additive drive space, but no back-up-- save an external disk. Is this arrary doable? (I'm new to RAID setup's) Is the risk worth the benefit in your opinion? Or is RAID 10 a btter soultion.Thanx again--,You've helped before in the past and I follow your advice.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@agonalart Its doable but tbh its silly overkill and the controller on the mobo will limit even bottle neck the speeds. TBH dude two or 3 drives would be overkill. Id honestly just say get a couple and then buy some quiet storage drives like the 2TB WD greens. All those SSD's are just a waste of money.

[DerGeist93]

do I have to use the same hard drive sizes? ie 1Tb, or mine is 2 drives at 640gig, 3 at 1 Tb and 1 at 2Tb, can I set this up as a raid system???

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@DerGeist93 you can but matching drives is best, otherwise all your drives will perform at the speed of the slowest one.

[MrNerd5]

thanks good video, subscribed :)

[techMOD8327]

Hey tom great vid was just curious as to what strip size i need to use for ssd

[omgitsdefault]

Great Video, Now I know how to setup a RAID0 but I was just surprised that you didn't show setting up a clean RAID array on a new install of Windows 7 and also showing how to install RAID drivers during installation. Nice Back up though!

[pastorbootycall]

helpfull



[DXXDgame]

isnt RAID 0 a little dangerous to have on more than 2 disks because if one dies they are all totaly useless

[phoenix7289]

@DXXDgame I think that's why he mirrored it. ;p

[lilaznchris]

i know about the managing the devices but i was new to raid. thanks for your help. when i saw this video i set it up fast. thnks alot

[Intel1502]

So this is how I make my bare Spinpoint F3 1TB drives a RAID-1 for my P67 gaming rig; go into bios and make raid sata option, save and exit, load up pc and ctrl+i for raid options, configure drives as RAID-1 (mirror) and select drives, install win7 home premium, go to disc management and configure... Please tell me if I made andy mistakes or whether I should install OS before I raid both HDDS.

[YoursTheWorlds]

What´s the name of your motherboard ?

[thunderflash55]

so you have an SSD as your boot drive and the HDDs in your raid 0 as the storage? That is exactly what I am looking to do with an ASUS P8P67 PRO mobo. Will do it like this if that is what you have. Great vids btw

[nasser68fr]

this video is very good for my ! for my futur server

[Geekman257]

Can you use an optical drive one a controller with a raid array on it?

[moomoomanextreme]

thanks for uploading this man you have helped me fix a problem i have had with my own RAID 0 Setup on my asus crosshair IV formula... had trouble detecting a just a backup drive that i wanted to transfer files over, i moved the connector a differant host controller like you advised in your vid and it worked fine after i changed the boot priority order.

thanks a lot man :D

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@moomoomanextreme not a problem dude, glad it was helpful for you :)

[JohnKapsis1985]

@moomoomanextreme i don't want to sound an asshole BUT did you ever read the manual?????

[HentaizerZ]

Windows Server 2008

$ 600-5000 ;)

[eggchris]

great stuff ttl, thanks.

[vacklinge]

I think that you should show how to setup a server for hosting a website and email

[jkkrs]

Wat about installing windows 7 using RAID 0 pls. thank you in advance.

[Eddiefry]

Thanks for hitting this subject

[RedBarron14]

your videos are watched verly closely here, as well as reviews in your web site.

I like VeRy much...

[tuggray]

nice tim, i been waiting to see a RAID "how to" video,

but till C4F gets the bios update to support the HSDL cards (yes i bought a 650 quid ibis drive) i can't do much :/

[69abusaeed]

thank you very much for this vid

its really helpful

شكرا جزيلا

[LbsOfTech]

Awesome numbers for the drives, never new RAID increased performance so much. Would 2 7200 drives increase alot?

[Sssagaman]

@LbsOfTech

Sure it would

[eddles777]

hahah thanx for letting people know your monitor XD

[InternetSandman]

holy crap, 700 gigs of unusable space...I know when you're dealing with 10 terabytes it shouldn't really matter, but that's like more than twice as big as my current hard drive...damn

[Geekman257]

Thanks for the help :)

[Eyeball1975]

Another top video mate. I got my mate to tell me how to set up RAID the other night, but he beats about the bush a bit and tends to over elaborate everything, so unfortunately my brain switched off halfway through! Your vid is straight to the point, very clear and spoken in English instead of the computer programmer language my mate speaks in! Nice one and keep them coming. :)

[CertTech20]

Great video man. I know how to do all the RAID stuff, but watching it as if I didn't was nice. You explained everything needed to get the motherboard into raid mode without throwing all these technical terms all over the place. Very nice job. Hope you get many more subscribers.

[captaincough]

Your video's are the tops, simply the most informative reviewer on the internet.

[TheJaekryl]

i saw that you have an SSD for the OS on this rig. but for an SSD, you need the storage config to be set to AHCI in the bios for TRIM to work right? and obviously you can't have it both AHCI and RAID at the same time. so i was wondering would you would do if you wanted a RAID storage setup AND an SSD for a boot drive

[Jujum0nkey]

once again fella you've answered a question for me in terms that i understand. i've been studying your videos closely for the last couple of days in preperation for a new build i'm doing, and you've helped me select the right products for it. I dont usually leave comments on videos but i wanted to tell you that you are appreciated, thankyou

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@Jujum0nkey thank YOU very much for leaving the kind words then fella. If you need an 1on1 help then all you have to do is join the OC3D forums and Ill be able to give you a hand :)

[UltimaOmegaX317]

@TimeToLiveCustoms you talk to people 1 on 1?

[UltimaOmegaX317]

@TimeToLiveCustoms how do u have windows 7 rc, i heard it expires june 2010.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@UltimaOmegaX317 its Server2008R2

[UltimaOmegaX317]

@UltimaOmegaX317 sorry mate, i thought u said 7, lol.

[SpartanGuy]

I thought OSes had problems with partitions larger than 3TB?

[cisco760ca]

Cool Beans =)

[MaximumMT]

How come you set it up in a RAID 0? Is that just for the video? I have an Asus Sabertooth x58 board and want to set up a RAID 5 on it for storage and a RAID 0 for the OS. Any thoughts on this?

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@MaximumMT its exactly the same process for any other raids dude :)

[MaximumMT]

@TimeToLiveCustoms excellent. hope it all works proper. finally got the other HDD mounts from NZXT today.

[bankaisenbon]

Love your videos. Can I have your baby?

[TechSpecTv]

it's looking better without the lichts ;D

[TheFlyingJock]

Hi Tom,

Just a small point, Raid 5 does not use a dedicated drive for parity.

The parity is striped across all drives in the array. Great work, love the videos.

[ReplicatorsReformed]

funny enough i had these blue screens mate 2 f3s in raid 0 but i had another 500gb in their as backup if i boot the 500gb it blue screens

[The64BitGeek]

I like the casual and relaxed videos on YouTube when people say their own opinion. I just hate videos that are sponsored and you have to put on a fake smile and say that a product is "awsome" even though you hate the product.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@The64BitGeek I get all the products I review for work, I wouldnt say sponsored though as this is a business not an individual with nothing to offer.

I tell the truth no matter what tbh.

[The64BitGeek]

@TimeToLiveCustoms

Thumbs up for that. I think you should tell the truth and be honest.

[dchains]

@The64BitGeek Kind of like 3DGamemans reviews.

[The64BitGeek]

@dchains

Exactly.

[irjamR]

bit off topic but will you be at i41?

[DjShanghai100]

this is just asking for loosing data

[ghosthud1]

@DjShanghai100 99 times out of 100 if the drive is only used for storage the chances of a problem occurring is incredibly low! if used for an OS then thats were the problems start to occur.

[sladesurfer]

Thanks for this video. really helpful. Hope u do more of this type. Always wanted to do RAID but didnt know where to begin. Again Big thanks very helpful and very basic,easy to understand.

[Daveysaccount]

Tom, would you recommend Windows Server or Windows 7 as the host OS, i have Win 7 installed on a RAID 5 4TB array and wondering if Win server is better?

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@Daveysaccount not really dude, it just gives you options on 2008R2. Probably options that will just confuse you tbh. All a basic user needs is folder sharing options anyways.

[shomone]

Can you place different HDD's into RAID 0 and if they've already got data on? Or will it have to be the same capacity HDD's with nothing on them?

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@shomone you need to use blank drives as when the raid is built the new 'drive' will need formatting thus loosing any data.

You can use different drives but matching drives perform better

[shomone]

@TimeToLiveCustoms Cheers for the info dude.

Thinking of getting 2 x 1 TB drives and using them as storage and getting 1 40GB SSD for the boot :)

Just gotta earn the money :D

[Shlunty]

Very useful, thank you very much, I've learnt a lot. :D

[1timby]

Tom thanks for the informative video on setting up a RAID.

Any chance we can get some benchmarks on the server over a network? Would like to see some through put for serving up video and such.

Thanks again for all the hard work.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@1timby Gigabit network max is 130MB/s it does that easily. even 1080P vids dont get near that. Ive had my server downloading files, streaming 1080P and listening to music (all seperate rooms and machines) and still never seen any real slow down)

[1timby]

@TimeToLiveCustoms Thanks for the feedback. Then it doesn't make sense to spend a ton on high priced/speed HDD's for a home NAS? Storage amount is more important?

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@1timby exactly dude, as long as your config can do 100MB/s then you are laughing

[Segmeta]

I am thinking about buying parts for a new computer, what is the cheapest and most reliable website to use? I have been thinking about scan.co.uk but was wondering if there was a better site.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@Segmeta Ive been working with CCL-Online alot recently and would say you should give them a go dude. If you go to my forums on OC3D you will see they have their own section. If you say TTL sent you fromt YouTube you will get looked after ;)

[AzNsEnSaT1oN]

wth, i was just researching on this yesterday

[Zacharypwns]

Thanks alot!

[briangsi]

how did you change that to white on the R3

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@briangsi changed the LED matey :)

[aaron5364]

ETA for the i7 950 OC'ing guide? I'm really looking forward to that! Keep up the good work :D

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@aaron5364 few weeks yet mate I said that when I mentioned it. Needs to be done right.

[robertDK3]

Ohhhh and i like the beard :{)

[sonofkikkoman]

great video! definitely gonna do a raid setup once ssd's get cheaper so i can buy like two for operating system and do a raid on those and then get mechanical drivers for storage and raid those.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@sonofkikkoman TRIM does not work in raid. Sop raid ssd's is a no-no :(

[robertDK3]

nanquan shutup.

i like listening to the starts :)

[ShitWrangler]

so would a physical raid card be better then using the onboard?

[sonofkikkoman]

@ShitWrangler they are usually faster than the onboard

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@ShitWrangler yes mate much better but also very expensive. You also need to make sure they have atleast 512MB of onboard cache. Good ones start from £400 and go up rapidly.

[fmsam]

Nice one Tom , raid is a mystery for many ppl, this will certainly help

great job

:-)

[Orenchis]

Dibbling and dabbling lol never heard that before.

quick question lads. I have the choice between GTX460 Golden Sample 2GB version or ATI 6850 ... which should I go for and why ... ??

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@Orenchis go have a look on my channel at the 6850 vs 460 vids matey :)

[Orenchis]

@TimeToLiveCustoms I'll go do that right this minute, cheers buddy.

[r6bananaman]

very timely cheers bloke. will the boot in raid and storage not in raid be ok? i plan on raid0-ing 2 vertex 2s for boot and having 1 samsung f4 for storage.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@r6bananaman TRIM is not supported in raid mate so you cant do that. As I said on the video you would need to try and put them on seperate controllers too.

SSD raid atm is a no-no anyways.

[nanquan491]

Hey man, I like the topics of your videos, but if you want some honest criticism I think you talk too much at the beginning before getting to the point and it can get very annoying. I'm not just talking about this video either... I mean when people click to watch a video about something they want a very short intro at the most and then watch what it is that the video is supposed to be about... instead of hearing you yammering on about your beard, general formal of other videos etc. WHO CARES?!

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@nanquan491 meh thats what I do fella.

[nanquan491]

@TimeToLiveCustoms Yes, I've noticed... and I'm saying DON'T! You'll make your viewership a lot happier, and prevent a lot of people from switching off at the beginning. Take this video for example... It took you almost 3 minutes to start talking about the actual topic of the video! WHO HAS THE PATIENCE FOR THAT?!

Anyway do what you want man... I'm just saying this for your benefit, I don't really care that much.

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@nanquan491 sorry fella when I make vids its like talking to my mates, if I make it informal that completely changes the point of the videos.

Its meant to be about me talking to 'friends' and not something you would watch at school.

[nanquan491]

@TimeToLiveCustoms Well ok that's your choice. I'm just saying that if you want more people to watch your videos, i.e. target a wider audience, then you should cut the chatter at the beginning and just get to the point as soon as possible. Maybe add the irrelevant info at the end, that way everyone's happy.

[hmmk4y]

@nanquan491 

[Pinosen]

@nanquan491 try skip the begining then or are you on a 56k modem?? le the man do his thing in his own way. He dont care about your opinions, not even if you paid him to.

[nanquan491]

@Pinosen don't be an idiot. My criticism is for his own good if he doesn't want to alienate 50% of his viewership with irrelevant babble. Also your solution of "try skip the begining then" is not practical as no one can now in advance when he's going to start getting to the point. You honestly expect people to start playing around with the video scrollbar for an hour trying to figure out where the actual topic of the video starts? Don't be stupid.

[nanquan491]

@nanquan491 "can now" = can know!**

[Pinosen]

@nanquan491 Btw yes i do expect people to be able and use the scrollbar, its there for a reason, its like a fast forward on a vcr/dvd/media players so its bin around for quite some time. A idiot to me would be somebody who cant or don't use it, becasue the fact its very practical. Also a idiot for me is a individual who expect videos on the internet to be edited to his/her own liking, and gets upset when its not. I mean wow, that trail of taught is mindboggling!

[Pinosen]

@nanquan491 Of course nobody would spend and hour skipping forward in a 15 minute video, nobody would nor could fail that badly, why would you even think that? And your judging his blog/tutorial as a tutorial only, so clearly you don't understand what your watching, and then YOU think IT'S stupid? That's also a wow moment. You might want to judge yourself before you judge others.

[nanquan491]

@Pinosen I think you're a very immature person who can't take constructive criticism (which isn't even aimed at you), without getting all defensive and taking it personally. I'm not even going to waste my time replying to your long winded messages about nothing (except your psychological issues). C'ya.

[Pinosen]

@nanquan491 Yes you did give him criticisms and he gave you his answer and that would be that but then you went on and on (because you don't really care that much) like you where his boss or something. "Yes, I've noticed... and I'm saying DON'T!" yeah that's some constructive criticism right there... Yes i know you won't answer because your cant, your arguments doesn't hold up. Instead you attack my intelligence and mental health, witch this argument isnt even about. Have a good one.

[Pinosen]

@nanquan491 The reason i took it personal is because you called me a idiot and stupid, witch is a natural response and don't point to bad mental health, because calling somebody a idiot and stupid is a attack on the person. As for the reason i commented on you post is i just wanted do give you some constructive criticism, nothing wrong with that right?

[Domowoi2]

Lol I ordered my RAID harddrives 2 days ago. Nice!

[ecody1]

thank you oddles :)

[aschris87]

samsung spinpoint f3 would have been a better choice to go for they are faster then wd hard drives even faster then the valocie in benchmarks in custom pc mag but i would have thought that these drives with the advanced ears system would be better speeds...

[TimeToLiveCustoms]

@aschris87 also hotter and louder. Whole point here was quiet and seeing as this will be used on a network speed was not the most important factor.

[AurusUSA]

nice video :)

I've been wondering how to exactly do it anyways so this came in very helpful

[lolbarn5]

ty for a very informative video =)

[bertdasquirt1]

Very Useful for future reference and general knowledge, cheers :)

[pcvideogamer]

fanks

[FuenfamTag]

..again nice and helpfull upload. Thx for sharing.

Many greetings.

FuenfamTag