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From: Barry Comer on 19 Sep 2005 08:46
To enable RAID 1 on the P5WD2 Silicon Image RAID controller do you need to
have SATA drives hooked up to
the SATA_RAID2 internal connector and another to the external SATA
connector? Otherwise I cannot see how one
would set it up. The other four internal SATA connectors are for the Intel
South Bridge.


From: Mercury on 20 Sep 2005 05:37
If you want two internal drives with RAID, then disconnect the external
connector on the motherboard... or did I miss something?

You should use the Intel connected SATA for RAID as 1st option due to the
controller not being on the PCI bus ==> better performance.

"Barry Comer" <bcomer(a)istop.com> wrote in message
news:432eb336$0$5588$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> To enable RAID 1 on the P5WD2 Silicon Image RAID controller do you need to
> have SATA drives hooked up to
> the SATA_RAID2 internal connector and another to the external SATA
> connector? Otherwise I cannot see how one
> would set it up. The other four internal SATA connectors are for the Intel
> South Bridge.
>


From: Paul on 22 Sep 2005 09:15
In article <dgokn2$h98$1(a)lust.ihug.co.nz>, "Mercury" <me(a)spam.com> wrote:

> If you want two internal drives with RAID, then disconnect the external
> connector on the motherboard... or did I miss something?
>
> You should use the Intel connected SATA for RAID as 1st option due to the
> controller not being on the PCI bus ==> better performance.

No, this is a crazy setup - the chip in question is dual port, with
one ordinary SATA connector on the motherboard, and one ESATA connector
permanently mounted in the I/O area. To use it, you would need an
external enclosure for one drive, while the other drive could live
inside the machine. That is, if you wanted a RAID array. I suppose
you could route an ESATA cable back inside the computer, and use
two internal drives. The intent is probably to give the user a single
ESATA port on the back of the computer, for doing backups and the
like.

If you look on the Newegg web site, there are add-in PCI cards that
offer one external ESATA port and one internal normal SATA port. So
this crazy concept is not unique. I cannot see anyone building a
RAID array that way (unless the intent is for a RAID 1 mirror, where
you plug the ESATA drive, synchronize, and unplug it again, giving
a painless backup ?).

Paul

>
> "Barry Comer" <bcomer(a)istop.com> wrote in message
> news:432eb336$0$5588$9a6e19ea(a)unlimited.newshosting.com...
> > To enable RAID 1 on the P5WD2 Silicon Image RAID controller do you need to
> > have SATA drives hooked up to
> > the SATA_RAID2 internal connector and another to the external SATA
> > connector? Otherwise I cannot see how one
> > would set it up. The other four internal SATA connectors are for the Intel
> > South Bridge.
> >
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