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<blockquote data-quote="moab" data-source="post: 323095" data-attributes="member: 73157"><p>I have 2 PCs with hardware RAID. The PCs were bought off ebay for < $300 as damaged but working PCs. It comes "built-in" on some motherboards. I have 2 HP M7674n PCs that have the Asus Basswood motherboard.</p><p></p><p>RAID was disabled by default. </p><p>Step 1 was to create a set of OS recovery DVDs. This can be done during boot (F11 I think). </p><p>Step 2 to enable RAID you need at least 2 HDD (obviously) then go into RAID bios using CTL-I during boot. This option appears after the usual F2 for BIOS set up in the DOS boot screen. Once in the RAID controller menu I set up a RAID 0 array for my 2 drives. This erased all data on the 2 drives (including the recovery partition - so it is essential to have the recovery DVDs. </p><p>Step 3 insert restore DVD 1.</p><p>Step 4 reboot the PC with the recovery DVD disk 1 and follow instructions. I got some error duing the recovery after putting in a disk. I just re-inserted the disk and retried a couple of times and it finally took the restore disk. I think it was a timing bug in the restore program.</p><p>Step 5 after restore complete then reboot and be ready to be amazed by twice as fast fast boot time.</p><p></p><p>The RAID is based on the Intel chipset and is the Intel RAID controller implemented by Asus on the HP Basswood motherboard. There are some updates for the Intel RAID software that can be downloaded from Intel. So far it has been rock solid with no RAID errors.</p><p>As I was skeptical that my $280 PCs had genuine RAID I downloaded some disk i/o software which confirmed the improvement in disk read times (i.e. twice as fast!). I didn't see any major CPU spike either so I was pleasantly surprised. No doubt it is not as good as a $500 PCI card but for free it is an amazing deal!</p><p>So my advice is check your motherboard spec to see if it is already in it. If not then off to ebay and get a cheap PC that has built in RAID on the motherboard or upgrade you motherboard to one with built in RAID.</p><p></p><p>I would never use Microsoft software RAID as the CPU performance hit is not worth it. This is well documented on the net. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="moab, post: 323095, member: 73157"] I have 2 PCs with hardware RAID. The PCs were bought off ebay for < $300 as damaged but working PCs. It comes "built-in" on some motherboards. I have 2 HP M7674n PCs that have the Asus Basswood motherboard. RAID was disabled by default. Step 1 was to create a set of OS recovery DVDs. This can be done during boot (F11 I think). Step 2 to enable RAID you need at least 2 HDD (obviously) then go into RAID bios using CTL-I during boot. This option appears after the usual F2 for BIOS set up in the DOS boot screen. Once in the RAID controller menu I set up a RAID 0 array for my 2 drives. This erased all data on the 2 drives (including the recovery partition - so it is essential to have the recovery DVDs. Step 3 insert restore DVD 1. Step 4 reboot the PC with the recovery DVD disk 1 and follow instructions. I got some error duing the recovery after putting in a disk. I just re-inserted the disk and retried a couple of times and it finally took the restore disk. I think it was a timing bug in the restore program. Step 5 after restore complete then reboot and be ready to be amazed by twice as fast fast boot time. The RAID is based on the Intel chipset and is the Intel RAID controller implemented by Asus on the HP Basswood motherboard. There are some updates for the Intel RAID software that can be downloaded from Intel. So far it has been rock solid with no RAID errors. As I was skeptical that my $280 PCs had genuine RAID I downloaded some disk i/o software which confirmed the improvement in disk read times (i.e. twice as fast!). I didn't see any major CPU spike either so I was pleasantly surprised. No doubt it is not as good as a $500 PCI card but for free it is an amazing deal! So my advice is check your motherboard spec to see if it is already in it. If not then off to ebay and get a cheap PC that has built in RAID on the motherboard or upgrade you motherboard to one with built in RAID. I would never use Microsoft software RAID as the CPU performance hit is not worth it. This is well documented on the net. Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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