[SOLVED] Raid 10 Question

[Industromaxx]

Just a quick stupid question, if I want to use 4 M.2 drives in Raid 10, will it still use 16 PCIE lanes like normal in Raid 10? Thanks.

 

[USAFRet]

Just a quick stupid question, if I want to use 4 M.2 drives in Raid 10, will it still use 16 PCIE lanes like normal in Raid 10? Thanks.

Question back to you....Why a RAID 10?

 

[Industromaxx]

Question back to you....Why a RAID 10?

I'm running out of space on my current M.2s and I have 2 other identical M.2s I can use. I don't want to put my GPU running in 8 lanes because I've had some issues with that.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm running out of space on my current M.2s and I have 2 other identical M.2s I can use. I don't want to put my GPU running in 8 lanes because I've had some issues with that.

RAID 10 has nothing to do with adding space.

If you have enough ports, just add these other drives.
Yes, they will be other drive letters, but without the complextity of the RAID 1 + RAID 0 foolishness.

 

[Industromaxx]

I know it's foolish, but theoretically if I used Raid 10, Raid 1 using 2 drives, Raid 0 using the 2 other drives, will it still be using 16 PCIE lanes?

 

[USAFRet]

I know it's foolish, but theoretically if I used Raid 10, Raid 1 using 2 drives, Raid 0 using the 2 other drives, will it still be using 16 PCIE lanes?

That depends on the specifics of your motherboard, or whatever device these are connected with.

 

[Industromaxx]

Ryzen 5950x, X570 Crosshair Extreme. I have 5 M.2 ports. 5950x can handle up to 24 lanes, 4 of the lanes are through the chipset.

 

[neojack]

read carefully the manual of your motherboard. it usually says what are the drawbacks of using x and y ports together. take your time.
Or else you can try on a very specialized forum like overclock.net, check if a topic exists for your motherboard, and do your research here.