Rocket Raid and WD 8MB cache drives... - Page 4

***Ozzie*** · 01-15-2003, 09:40 PM

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Originally posted by Mr Steveo
Ozzie,

Have you tried Pbeyers suggestion of upping the PCI Latency setting?

Personally I never drop below 64 for this setting. And if Im tweaking RAID I slowly set it higher and higher until LAN or audio problems appear and then drop it back a notch

Yup - it made little difference for me - with this board anyhow...

SLM crew chief · 01-15-2003, 09:54 PM

Thanks again Ozzie. You are the [AB] "God of RAID" as far as I am concerned.

Point Gorgo, and Pbyer are up there too but you seem to have WAY more time invested in testing and I am dying for good SOLID information!

2.34 is the newest HighPoint driver version for the RocketRaid 100 FYI.

I will be running a dual boot with 98SE and XP probably. Oh yea, may throw linux on somewhere. What else am I gonna do with 160 gigs of HD space on the RAID, not to mention the 80 gig Max D740X and Max 40 giger.

You aren't running the SE's on the HighPoint so now I'm scared sh*tless again. I despertly don't wanna get something that is gonna suck as bad as my first one did..........

There just doesn't seem to be that much information about putting the 8 mb drives on a RAID card.

Guess I'll have to ponder this another couple weeks and see what I can come up with.

Oh well, a TWO gig drive isn't that bad to use.

Mr Steveo · 01-15-2003, 11:16 PM

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Originally posted by Ozzie
Yup - it made little difference for me - with this board anyhow...

Darn, that is odd.

**pointreyes** · 01-15-2003, 11:55 PM

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Originally posted by SLM crew chief
Just out of curosity, what 3Ware card are you using and what OS? I read on here that the 3Ware's are horridly SLOW with XP?

XP Pro has treated all SCSI and 'real' RAID controllers the same-slow. MS is aware of this and is trying to fix it. My 7210 gives the same exact scores as some of the SCSI drives-says a lot about the 3Ware and the quality it has.

I can't sell my 3Ware, which has a 3 year warranty, my order did not go through. Oh well, order an Epox 8rda and an XP2100+ proc instead.

SLM crew chief · 01-17-2003, 03:53 AM

Well, I just couldn't help myself. I ordered a HighPoint RocketRAID 100. Just staring at these brand new drives is killing me! UPS ground from CA to OH takes a week or more so it will be the week of the 26th until I get it. I guess I waited this long and I will be away next weekend so I couldn't play anyway.

Wish me luck!

zkimhi · 01-17-2003, 04:59 AM

Hey All,
i've had 2 of the WD 120GB 8MB SE for while running on the onboard promise. i've never tested the speeds (and wasn't daring enough to install the tweak sugested here) ...
what would be the best way for me to benchmark my setup and then speed it up ?

robtlawrence · 01-18-2003, 10:34 AM

Hey Guys,

Speaking of RocketRaid and the WD SE 80GB w/8MB cache, it's awesome!! I set this up about a week ago and it's all good!

zkimhi · 01-18-2003, 05:16 PM

is there any softyware such as ATTO that can be used for the onboard promise ?

01-15-2003, 09:54 PM	#47
SLM crew chief We Came We Saw We Folded Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio, USA Posts: 4,641	Thanks again Ozzie. You are the [AB] "God of RAID" as far as I am concerned. Point Gorgo, and Pbyer are up there too but you seem to have WAY more time invested in testing and I am dying for good SOLID information! 2.34 is the newest HighPoint driver version for the RocketRaid 100 FYI. I will be running a dual boot with 98SE and XP probably. Oh yea, may throw linux on somewhere. What else am I gonna do with 160 gigs of HD space on the RAID, not to mention the 80 gig Max D740X and Max 40 giger. You aren't running the SE's on the HighPoint so now I'm scared shtless again. I despertly don't wanna get something that is gonna suck as bad as my first one did.......... There just doesn't seem to be that much information about putting the 8 mb drives on a RAID card. Guess I'll have to ponder this another couple weeks and see what I can come up with. Oh well, a TWO gig drive isn't that bad to use. __________________ Folding on a CUSL2/TUSL2? Why not..........Join F@H Team-CUSL2The "Old-School Crew" SLM crew chief, EJD3, SKI, Drufuss, PeterT* Your name here I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don't know where it goes But it's home to me and I walk alone -- Greenday
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01-17-2003, 03:53 AM	#50
SLM crew chief We Came We Saw We Folded Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NE Ohio, USA Posts: 4,641	Well, I just couldn't help myself. I ordered a HighPoint RocketRAID 100. Just staring at these brand new drives is killing me! UPS ground from CA to OH takes a week or more so it will be the week of the 26th until I get it. I guess I waited this long and I will be away next weekend so I couldn't play anyway. Wish me luck! __________________ Folding on a CUSL2/TUSL2? Why not..........Join F@H Team-CUSL2The "Old-School Crew" SLM crew chief, EJD3, SKI, Drufuss, PeterT Your name here I walk a lonely road The only one that I have ever known Don't know where it goes But it's home to me and I walk alone -- Greenday
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01-17-2003, 04:59 AM	#51
zkimhi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 52	Hey All, i've had 2 of the WD 120GB 8MB SE for while running on the onboard promise. i've never tested the speeds (and wasn't daring enough to install the tweak sugested here) ... what would be the best way for me to benchmark my setup and then speed it up ?
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01-18-2003, 05:16 PM	#53
zkimhi Registered User Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 52	is there any softyware such as ATTO that can be used for the onboard promise ?
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