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What is RAID ??
I am using the X48T DQ6 mainboard and was wondering how to set up the
following and is the following set up classed as RAID. Apart from my internal HDD i want to use one of the rear optional connectors to fit an external SATA HDD which has another opperating system on it. Can any of you experts out there give me any good advice on how to do this correctly, basically i want to use this as a device for music and video storage etc... Thanks all. |
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What is RAID ??
Redundant
Array of Inexpensive Disks -- Charlie Hoffpauir http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlieh/ |
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What is RAID ??
no thats not raid
If you want to use it as storage only, plug it in, then in Disk Management delete the partions, then format it. You will lose all on that drive. "timelord" wrote in message ... I am using the X48T DQ6 mainboard and was wondering how to set up the following and is the following set up classed as RAID. Apart from my internal HDD i want to use one of the rear optional connectors to fit an external SATA HDD which has another opperating system on it. Can any of you experts out there give me any good advice on how to do this correctly, basically i want to use this as a device for music and video storage etc... Thanks all. |
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What is RAID ??
timelord wrote:
I am using the X48T DQ6 mainboard and was wondering how to set up the following and is the following set up classed as RAID. Apart from my internal HDD i want to use one of the rear optional connectors to fit an external SATA HDD which has another opperating system on it. Can any of you experts out there give me any good advice on how to do this correctly, basically i want to use this as a device for music and video storage etc... Thanks all. Your motherboard has eight SATA ports, six on the Southbridge and two on the Jmicron controller. You install the ESATA bracket, connect the SATA cable to one of the motherboard SATA ports, and connect the four pin drive power plug to one of the Molex 1x4 power connectors on your power supply. If you connect the bracket to one of the six Intel ports, then any necessary drivers would be for the Intel chipset. If you are using the Jmicron, then the driver needed would be for it. For the Intel case, you'd probably want the AHCI driver, but the thing is, you already have a hard drive connected to the board. So you're already made a choice in the BIOS, as to what mode you want to use, when the boot drive was set up. You probably don't have independent control of all six ports on the Intel interface. If AHCI or RAID modes are used in the BIOS, and an AHCI or RAID driver is installed, they probably support hot plug. If the Intel ports are in IDE mode, then hot plug may not be supported for the E-SATA bracket. What that means is, the system may not detect the drive if you plug the external data cable to the bracket, while the system is running. It might work, if the drive was plugged and running, before the computer POSTs. The two Jmicron ports, in the lower right hand corner of the motherboard, would have similar issues. But the thing is, if you weren't booting from those ports, then you have an opportunity to set up those ports in a way that helps the bracket work for you. (The Jmicron are labeled in the user manual as "GSATAIIA" and "GSATAIIB".) The Jmicron settings are "Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode (GIGABYTE SATA2 Chip) Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controller integrated in the GIGABYTE SATA 2 chip or configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. IDE - Disables RAID for the SATA controller and configures the SATA controller to PATA mode. (Default) (i.e. IDE like behavior) AHCI - Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. RAID/IDE - Enables RAID for the SATA controller. (The IDE controller still operates in PATA mode)" The AHCI option would allow you to hot plug the external drive, and a few seconds later, Windows should recognize the newly plugged drive. There should also be a "Safely Remove" icon for the new drive, and by using it, that flushes the cache to the drive. Once flushed, then you can safely unplug the new drive, without the last written files being corrupted. Someone else had an issue with the Jmicron chip (the one they call "gigabyte chip" on your board). As near as I can tell, they're using the Jmicron RAID driver, as that is the only thing I see available for download on the Jmicron site. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/22...-esata-problem To have all your drives running off the same controller chip, would require a careful choice of modes, before doing the Windows install or Windows Repair Install. At least the Intel Southbridge, does not like to have the driver changed, once the OS is installed. BTW - RAID mode allows multiple disks to be used, to either increase the storage bandwidth or increase the reliability of the storage subsystem. In your current situation, you're only connecting a single drive, and have no plan to use an array of drives. So that is not RAID in the usual sense of the word. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID Best guess, Paul |
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