Was wondering if anyone knew of ways to speed up a painfully slow RAID5 array controlled by the NVRAID controller built into the nForce 590 chipset? I know board-based RAIDs are inferior to those lacking a dedicated controller card, and I know RAID5 is going to be inherently slower than RAID10 because of the parity checks. However, I need the extra space the RAID5 provides and I do not have the money to spend on a dedicated controller.
I expect a chipset-based RAID5 to be slow, but not 5.84 MB/s slow!
Any thoughts on how to speed this slug up?
Setup
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU: Athlon 64X2 5200+
MoBo: ECS KN3 SLI2 (nForce 590 SLI)
RAM: 2 1GB sticks Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800
OS HDD: WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 (JMicron JMB363 onboard controller)
Storage: 4 500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 (read cache, write cache, NCQ enabled)
I expect a chipset-based RAID5 to be slow, but not 5.84 MB/s slow!
Any thoughts on how to speed this slug up?
Setup
OS: Windows XP SP2
CPU: Athlon 64X2 5200+
MoBo: ECS KN3 SLI2 (nForce 590 SLI)
RAM: 2 1GB sticks Crucial Ballistix DDR2-800
OS HDD: WD Caviar SE16 250GB SATA2 (JMicron JMB363 onboard controller)
Storage: 4 500GB Seagate Barracuda SATA2 (read cache, write cache, NCQ enabled)