Question M.2 SSD in RAID 0 plus Optane??

KLund1

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I'm looking upgrade my system. I have a Asus Z270F MB, with 2 Samsung 960 pro's M.2 128Gb in raid zero, ran by an I7- 7700K.
I like how fast my system is, but I want more......!
I have read some about intel's Optane. I think it is meant to help HDD's. But could it help M.2 SSD's in raid O? I cant find info about that.
Is this possible currently with any available motherboards? The board would need at least three M.2 slots that are PCI, not SATA? I want as much data throughput as possible. Or could I put 2 Optane M.2's in raid zero? Or is there another configuration?
Thanks.
 

R_1

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optane is an M.2 NVME SSD with some software helping it.
that being the case a single optane would be slower than a single samsung 960.

if you want crazy numbers look to primocache by romex software.
I have a 2GB cache for my SATA SSD and I get numbers above 10000 R/W thanks to the RAM cache.
 

KLund1

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Good info.
Then what is the big hype about Optane? Probably good for HDD?
I got a copy of Primoxxx. Cool program. I always have a lot of unused ram. It should be used that is why it is there, right!
I'm getting 14.715K reads and 24.818 writes on SEQ1M Q8T1 from Crystalmark! Everything else is also through the roof on first runs. I see how this works over time. Wondering why writes are high then reads?
Wish I could attached pics here.
KL