No Acceleration with RST, Problem found

[idata]

Hello everybody,

during the last days, I tracked down the reason why my new Dell Inspiron 7520 with an Intel® SSD 311 Series

(20GB, mSATA 3Gb/s, 34nm, SLC) did not accelerate how it should; I documente it here :

BIOS-Information :

The two drives (HDD and SDD) :

Everything looks good until now :

waiting ...

Result

Also a second try after the suggested reboot did not get the desired success :

My System Configuration :

Systembericht

Systeminformationen

Betriebssystemname: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

Betriebssystemversion: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 7601

Systemname: SPIRO

Systemhersteller: Dell Inc.

Systemmodell: Inspiron 7520

Prozessor: GenuineIntel Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 2,501 GHz

BIOS: Dell Inc., A07

Intel® Rapid Storage-Technologie für Unternehmen Information

Installiertes Kit: 11.7.0.1013

Benutzeroberflächenversion: 11.7.0.1013

Sprache: Deutsch (Deutschland)

Version des RAID-Erweiterungs-ROMs: 11.0.0.1339

Treiberversion: 11.7.0.1013

ISDI-Version: 11.7.0.1013

Speichersysteminformationen

RAID-Konfiguration

Hardwareinformationen

Controller-Name: Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller

Typ: SATA

Modus: RAID

Anzahl der SATA-Anschlüsse: 3

Anzahl der Volumes: 0

Anzahl der Ersatzlaufwerke: 0

Anzahl verfügbarer Festplatten: 2

Neuaufbau nach Hot-Plug: Deaktiviert

Hersteller: 32902

Modellnummer: 10282

Produktüberarbeitung: 4

Direkt angeschlossene Festplatte: WD-WX41E72TJ044

Direkt angeschlossene Festplatte: CVLC130100F5020B

Festplatte an/aufController 0, Anschluss 0

Status:Normal

Typ: SATA Festplatte

Positionstyp: Intern

Verwendung: Verfügbar

Größe:699 GB

Systemfestplatte:Ja

Festplatten-Daten-Cache: Aktiviert

Command Queuing: NCQ

SATA-Übertragungsrate: 3 Gb/s

Modell: WDC WD7500BPVT-75HXZT3

Seriennummer: WD-WX41E72TJ044

SCSI Geräte-ID: 0

Firmware: 03.01A03

Größe des physischen Sektors:4096 Bytes

Größe des logischen Sektors:512 Bytes

Festplatte an/aufController 0, Anschluss 1

Status:Normal

Typ: SATA SSD

Positionstyp: Intern

Verwendung: Verfügbar

Größe:19 GB

Systemfestplatte:Nein

Festplatten-Daten-Cache: Aktiviert

Command Queuing: NCQ

SATA-Übertragungsrate: 3 Gb/s

Modell: INTEL SSDMAESC020G2

Seriennummer: CVLC130100F5020B

SCSI Geräte-ID: 1

Firmware: 2CV102M5

Größe des physischen Sektors:512 Bytes

Größe des logischen Sektors:512 Bytes

ATAPI-Gerät anController 0, Anschluss 2

Positionstyp: Intern

SATA-Übertragungsrate: 1,5 Gb/s

Modell: HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GT80N

Seriennummer: KXLCBH40302

Firmware: A103

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System Report

System Information

OS name: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional

OS version: 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 7601

System name: SPIRO

System manufacturer: Dell Inc.

System model: Inspiron 7520

Processor: GenuineIntel Intel64 Family 6 Model 58 Stepping 9 2.501 GHz

BIOS: Dell Inc., A07

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise Information

Kit installed: 11.7.0.1013

User interface version: 11.7.0.1013

Language: English (United States)

RAID option ROM version: 11.0.0.1339

Driver version: 11.7.0.1013

ISDI version: 11.7.0.1013

Storage System Information

RAID Configuration

Hardware Information

Controller name: Intel(R) Mobile Express Chipset SATA RAID Controller

Type: SATA

Mode: RAID

Number of SATA ports: 3

Number of volumes: 0

Number of spares: 0

Number of available disks: 2

Rebuild on Hot Plug: Disabled

Manufacturer: 32902

Model number: 10282

Product revision: 4

Direct attached disk: WD-WX41E72TJ044

Direct attached disk: CVLC130100F5020B

Disk on Controller 0, Port 0

Status: Normal

Type: SATA disk

Location type: Internal

Usage: Available

Size: 699 GB

System disk: Yes

Disk data cache: Enabled

Command queuing: NCQ

SATA transfer rate: 3 Gb/s

Model: WDC WD7500BPVT-75HXZT3

Serial number: WD-W...

[idata]

BTW, I did the first acceleration under Windows 7 and would like to use it under Ubuntu 12.04 LTS as well. Were anybody being successful in using a RST-configuration done with Windows under Linux and mdadm ??

[TSous]

I'm also having this problem, also with a Dell (Vostro 3460).

The windows installation added 2 NTFS partitions and I also have another 2 for linux.

Is intel working on a solution or has a workaround, reinstalling the system isn't much of an option to me.

Also, my BIOS doesn't show RAID as one of the SATA options, it shows IRST (which is selected).

[Jose_H_Intel1]

Hello,

Thanks for your feedback.

Just verifying, were all those partitions created in the mechanical drive, correct?

[TSous]

Yes, all those partitions are at the HDD

the SSD is currently unpartitioned.

[Jose_H_Intel1]

Thanks again; we will take a look into it.

By the way, what chipset model is this, HM77?

[nvr]

hi , reviving the old post as my dell inspiron 15z is suffering from the same exact issue , everything seems fine until I try o accelerate the system disk and then it returns with an error which says an unknown error occurred. Is there a fix for this issue ?

[Jose_H_Intel1]

Please leave some unallocated space in the mechanical drive. I believe 100 MB should be enough but otherwise increase the amount and try again.