Problem with raid.

[arve28]

Problem with raid.
I have winXP pro servicepack 1 dirext x8.1
Abit KR7A-Raid AMD XP1700 3stk Maxtor D740X 60GB (raid0) 512 DDR ECC/REG
Creative Audigy Creative 3Dblaster GeForce3 Ti200 Chieftec Dragon DA-01B-D Plextor 24* Asus DVD-E616

Under Device Manager – Scsi and raid controllers
HPT372 UMA/ATA133 RAID Controller
Driver Provider: HighPoint
Driver Date: 25.01.2002
Driver version 2.31.0.0

VDEVAX SCSI Controller
Driver Provider: Generic
Driver Date: 11.11.2002
Driver version 3.26.0.0



I use Adobe premier 6.5 and Sony PC9 (DV in and out).
When caputre movie to the raid 0 disks (F and G) split by magic partion 7.
I got 118 dropped frames on 40 sec movie. But on my 3. Maxtor (C and H). I got no dropped frames on H. Can it be a conflict with bios and raid drivers?

Under is some info from Sisoft sandra 2003.

RAID DISK
<< Hard Disk (F >>
< Benchmark Results >
Drive Index: 39724kB/s

< Test Status >
SMP Test: No
Total Test Threads: 1
SMT Test: No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance: No
Processor Affinity: No
Windows Disk Cache Used: No
Use Overlapped I/O: Yes
Command Queue Depth: 4 command(s)
Test File Size: 511MB
File Server Optimised: No

< Benchmark Breakdown >
Buffered Read: 77 MB/s
Sequential Read: 69 MB/s
Random Read: 7 MB/s
Buffered Write: 59 MB/s
Sequential Write: 25 MB/s
Random Write: 6 MB/s
Average Access Time: 8 ms (estimated)

< Drive >
Drive Class: Fixed
Total Space: 55.9GB
Free Space: 9.7GB, 17%

NOT RAID DISK
<< Hard Disk (H >>
< Benchmark Results >
Drive Index: 15595kB/s

< Test Status >
SMP Test: No
Total Test Threads: 1
SMT Test: No
Dynamic MP/MT Load Balance: No
Processor Affinity: No
Windows Disk Cache Used: No
Use Overlapped I/O: Yes
Command Queue Depth: 4 command(s)
Test File Size: 511MB
File Server Optimised: No

< Benchmark Breakdown >
Buffered Read: 73 MB/s
Sequential Read: 23 MB/s
Random Read: 5 MB/s
Buffered Write: 78 MB/s
Sequential Write: 19 MB/s
Random Write: 6 MB/s
Average Access Time: 10 ms (estimated)

< Drive >
Drive Class: Fixed
Total Space: 41.3GB
Free Space: 662MB, 2%



< System Mainboard >
Bus(es): ISA AGP PCI IMB USB FireWire/1394 SMBus/i2c
MP Support: No
System BIOS: Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG
System Mainboard: ABIT <http://www.abit.com.tw> VT8366A-8233 (KR7A[-
RAID]|[-133[R]])
System Chipset: Gammagraphx Inc VT8366/A,VT8367 Apollo KT266/A,KT333
CPU to PCI Bridge
Front Side Bus Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)
Installed Memory: 512MB DDR-SDRAM Registered
Memory Bus Speed: 2x 133MHz (266MHz data rate)



<< System BIOS >>
< General Information >
Manufacturer: Award Software International, Inc.
Version: 6.00 PG
Date: 06/07/2002
Plug & Play Version: 1.00
SMBIOS/DMI Version: 2.20
(EE)PROM Size: 256kB (2Mbit)


< ACPI BIOS >
Version: 1.00
OEM Maker: VIA694
OEM Revision: 2E.31
MP APIC: No
SCI ACPI IRQ: 9


< High Point Technologies Inc HPT3xx UDMA66/100/133 EIDE Controller >>
< Device Information >
Device Type: RAID Mass Storage Controller
Device ID: bus 0, device 13, function 0
Windows Device Name: HPT372 UDMA/ATA133 RAID Controller
OEM Device Name: High Point Technologies Inc HPT372 UDMA/ATA133 EIDE
Controller
OEM Hardware ID: FUN_0, VEN_1103, DEV_0004, REV_05
Product Device Name: High Point Technologies Inc HPT3xx UDMA66/100/133 EIDE
Controller
Product Hardware ID: VEN_1103, DEV_0001
Revision / Stepping: A / 6 (5)



In Raidadministrator i cant find any disks.
In adpter information. IRQ 10, Ide channels 2

[Betamax]

I've got a similar system (see my hardware settings in the line above).

It seems an Abit board tries to share IRQ's and DMA's very easely.
For your captures (especially when you capture onto the RAID), you must be sure the RAID-controller does NOT use any shared IRQ and DMA (if you cannot get any available IRQ/DMA, get some by disabling some onboard devices - like the USB, or instruct to NOT use an IRQ for the AGP-VGA and/or USB's).
You must manually reconfigure these in the BIOS of your system and instruct XP to use these modified values (instead overriding it to use its stored settings).
Only then your RAID will work faster than the 'conventional' IDE-controllers.

Also, you should be sure that when you're capturing, the disk attached to the contoller you're using as capture-disk isn't used for anything else (you must create it a 'dedicated' video-disk), so don't install software onto it, don't use it as some kind of TEMP-disk and so on. At the controller, which has the video-disk connected to, should not have any other disks connected to (although a CDR would be alright, but remember that the speed of the ide-cable is set to the slowest device attached to it) which might be get used by something else while capturing (otherwise, you get dropped frames).
Also be sure you use an ATA-133/166 highspeed-cable to connect the disk to the RAID-controller.

You possible must screw your system open to check all these and you should have some knowledge about the system-bios of your system (which is very advanced - and so very complicated - at Abit boards)

[arve28]

hi

can you explain where in bios i set all this. Im not a pro in this.