[SOLVED] DIMM.2, RAID 0 with *2* M.2 Samsung 970 Evo 500GB SSDs?

[mrcstalgic]

I've got a ROG Rampage VI Extreme Encore Motherboard with a DIMM.2 Card, and 2 M.2 SSDs from Samsung .
Im wondering if I could connect 2 M.2s to the DIMM.2 Card's slots and run those in RAID 0 as a bootable device?
I tried looking it up but people were saying that you would need VROC which I don't have access to.... so i don't know what to do ;(

 

[USAFRet]

1. Why RAID 0 with those drives?
2. RAID 0 was never meant to be the OS drive. With any drive combination.

 

[mrcstalgic]

1. Why RAID 0 with those drives?
2. RAID 0 was never meant to be the OS drive. With any drive combination.

huh? but why not? 😞
How could i combine those two drives into 1 BIG ~1tb drive?

 

[mrcstalgic]

1. Why RAID 0 with those drives?
2. RAID 0 was never meant to be the OS drive. With any drive combination.

Also, is it a good idea to run raid 10 with 4 1tb SSDs? I got these drives on sale for cheap and now i'm not sure how to configure them.

 

[USAFRet]

In general consumer use, RAID of any type is rarely a good idea.
With SSD's, especially NVMe drives, the only things you gain are complexity and fail potential.
Zero performance benefit.

500GB + 500GB + RAID 0 = 1TB
500GB + 500GB + No RAID 0 = 1TB.

Exact same drive space size, just two different drive letters. Which is actually beneficial.
1 drive for your OS and applications, the other drive for data and game.s

 

[USAFRet]

Also, is it a good idea to run raid 10 with 4 1tb SSDs? I got these drives on sale for cheap and now i'm not sure how to configure them.

What are you looking to gain from that configuration?

 

[mrcstalgic]

What are you looking to gain from that configuration?

Idk, I want both redundancy and the stripping of the drives. (performance gains with redundancy?)

 

[USAFRet]

Idk, I want both redundancy and the stripping of the drives. (performance gains with redundancy?)

The RAID 0 does not stack performance as it did with HDD's.
SATA SSD:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-raid-benchmark,3485.html

NVMe SSD:
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/samsung-950-pro-256gb-raid-report,4449.html

The RAID 1 is better handled with actual backups. That covers both drive fail AND data loss. Unlike a RAID 1.

RAID of any type is rarely the answer.