[SOLVED] Can't figure out how to setup NVMe RAID

[ShredAgain]

I recently purchased an 11700k and an N7 Z590 mobo, and I can't for the life of me figure out how to setup hardware NVMe RAID on it. I've turned on CSM, set the SATA mode to RST, but my second M.2 doesn't show. I gather from the mobo documentation (which is really poorly written) that the second M.2 slot can do PCIe and SATA. I thought that might have something to do with it, but I don't know how to switch between those modes. The M.2 shows up when RST is off. Any ideas, anyone?

 

[USAFRet]

NVMe RAID

WHY??

Which specific drives?

 

[ShredAgain]

WHY??

Which specific drives?

Because Best Buy/HP accommodation for two 512s instead of a single 1024. I'm running two HP EX900s.

 

[USAFRet]

Because Best Buy/HP accommodation for two 512s instead of a single 1024. I'm running two HP EX900s.

2 drives, sure.
C drive and D drive.

RAID 0 or 1?
Not so much.

With RAID 0, you get awesome benchnumbers.
And NO user facing performance benefit. Plus added complexity and fail potential.

RAID 1, there are much much better ways to safeguard your data, if you were thinking of that as a 'backup method'.


RAID is vastly overhyped in the consumer space.
Virtually useless for solid state drives.

 

[ShredAgain]

2 drives, sure.
C drive and D drive.

RAID 0 or 1?
Not so much.

With RAID 0, you get awesome benchnumbers.
And NO user facing performance benefit. Plus added complexity and fail potential.

RAID 1, there are much much better ways to safeguard your data, if you were thinking of that as a 'backup method'.


RAID is vastly overhyped in the consumer space.
Virtually useless for solid state drives.

Given I don't get an answer on how to get this all set up, I might just go the simple disk route. I'm trying "future proof" if you will, by having a stupidly fast logical drive for direct storage.

 

[USAFRet]

Given I don't get an answer on how to get this all set up, I might just go the simple disk route. I'm trying "future proof" if you will, by having a stupidly fast logical drive for direct storage.

Individual drives are much better than a RAID in this.

RAID 0 + NVMe is not 'stupidly fast', except in artificial benchmark numbers.
In some cases, it can even be a touch slower than individual drives, due to the RAID overhead.

Just like the cake, "future proof" is a lie.

 

[USAFRet]

One drive for your OS and applications, the other drive for all your personal files and games.

 

[geofelt]

Here is an amusing video on faster devices:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA


And, your motherboard supports gen4 only on the first pcie slot, 3.0 on the second.
Your HPEX900 drives are pcie 3.0

Since you have a top end build and want the best performance,
my suggestion is to buy a single 1tb
Samsung 980 PRO:
https://www.newegg.com/samsung-1tb-980-pro/p/N82E16820147790?quicklink=true

 

[ShredAgain]

Here is an amusing video on faster devices:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DKLA7w9eeA


And, your motherboard supports gen4 only on the first pcie slot, 3.0 on the second.
Your HPEX900 drives are pcie 3.0

Since you have a top end build and want the best performance,
my suggestion is to buy a single 1tb
Samsung 980 PRO:
https://www.newegg.com/samsung-1tb-980-pro/p/N82E16820147790?quicklink=true

At the end of the day, opinions aside, these two drives are what I have, and this doesn't exactly answer my question. Also, thanks for the video. I've been following LTT for 5-6 years now. I did see that one I think.

 

[USAFRet]

At the end of the day, opinions aside, these two drives are what I have, and this doesn't exactly answer my question. Also, thanks for the video. I've been following LTT for 5-6 years now. I did see that one I think.

I do not know how to enable this on your particular laptop.

I DO know that it is a useless path to follow.
Use it as is...C drive and D drive.

 

[ShredAgain]

I do not know how to enable this on your particular laptop.

I DO know that it is a useless path to follow.
Use it as is...C drive and D drive.

Do you force your opinions on people this much in real life? Btw, we are not talking about a laptop, this is a desktop. I get that you don't think the raid is worth it, but I asked a specific question, hoping someone would have an answer or would have had a similar experience. That is all.

 

[USAFRet]

Forced my opinion? No.
Voiced my opinion? Yes.

As said, I do not know how to enable that RAID on your particular motherboard and BIOS.

Good luck.

 

[DSzymborski]

Do you force your opinions on people this much in real life? Btw, we are not talking about a laptop, this is a desktop. I get that you don't think the raid is worth it, but I asked a specific question, hoping someone would have an answer or would have had a similar experience. That is all.

If you ask your doctor for their opinion on integrating eating a pound of bacon for breakfast every morning into your diet plans, the doctor is going to advise you not to do it.

RAID, for 99% of consumers, is a bad idea, with almost no real-world benefit while having a lot of serious risks. Like USAFRet, I find assisting a bad idea against my personal ethics, and nobody here has an obligation to do so. Pretty much any serious hobbyist here will tell you the same thing.