Asus X99 II RAID

[Mythox]

I thinking to buy an ASUS X99 II motherboard for my new system.

I want to buy 4 SSD SATA disks and create RAID 10 with these

But, i read in manual "Due to chipset limitations, when SATA ports are set to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode together"

Does mean that i cannot mount additional non SSD disks? This refer to 6 ports of Intel Rapid Storage or all 10 ports !!??

Anybody has a X99 asus motherboard (better new model II to be exact)? Has RAID configuration? Do you have extra HD's outside the RAID?

Is very important to me check this feature before buy it, obviously !!

Thanks a lot

 

[Lutfij]

1| Due to the nature of the onboard RAID controller on the chipset, the RAID array has to be made prior to OS installation and after you've set it to RAID mode in SATA configuration in BIOS.

2| You can add more storage drives to the system while in RAID mode but then again you're going to have to assign them in the RAID GUI after the BIOS screen.

3| Which Asus X99 II board are we talking about, the X99-A II or X99-Deluxe II?

Intel® X99 chipset :
1 x SATA Express port, Compatible with 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports
8 x SATA 6Gb/s port(s)*4,
Support Raid 0, 1, 5, 10
Supports Intel® Smart Response Technology*5
*4😀ue to chipset behavior, The SATA6G_78, SATA6G_910 ports do not support IRST including RAID configuration.
*5:These functions will work depending on the CPU installed.

^Found here. You're loosing out on 4 SATA ports due to lack of RAID support meaning that the RAID will be on the 4 SSD's while the rest can be add on drives.

IMHO, you're not going to see a real world benefit with 4 SSD's in RAID 10 outside of bragging rights, resources spent and somewhat of a loss in terms of storage connectivity/data manipulation. I'd stick to the fastest/largest SSD you can afford and call it a DAY while running off AHCI, adding more storage as time passes on.