Author: parsec
Subject: RAID Setup Menu
Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 1:02am
Sorry to say, you seem to be confused about which Intel system supports PCIe NVMe SSDs in RAID, using Intel's Rapid Storage (IRST) feature.
Currently, only the Intel 100 series chipset boards, like a Z170 chipset board, supports creating RAID arrays of PCIe NVMe SSDs, like the Samsung 950 Pro.
Your board's X99 chipset does not support creating RAID arrays of PCIe NVMe SSDs.
That's why you have been unable to get the <Ctrl i> Intel RAID utility started, since you don't have any supported (SATA) drives connected to the PC. Even if the Intel RAID utility was available via <Ctrl i>, you would not see PCIe NVMe drives listed as available for use in a RAID array.
Intel IRST RAID support for PCIe NVMe SSDs is very new. The Intel 100 series chipset's storage support is very different than all earlier Intel chipsets, which allows it to support PCIe NVMe SSDs in RAID, with the appropriate version of the IRST driver. Also, the increase in performance provided by a RAID 0 array of PCIe NVMe SSDs is much smaller than happens with SATA SSDs. I've used 950 Pros in RAID 0 on my Z170 Extreme7+ board, and went back to using a single 950 Pro as the OS drive. A single 950 Pro performs just as good if not better as the OS drive than two in a RAID 0 array.
Subject: RAID Setup Menu
Posted: 30 Dec 2016 at 1:02am
 TwymanD wrote:Hello, I am trying to setup my new ASRock X99 Taichi in RAID0. I have been running into a block I cant see to figure out. I have a i7 6850 with lanes of 40 PCIe. I also have two Samsung m.2 950 pro installed. Trying to setup the raid on this has been a pain. I tried the "Easy RAID installer" with a flash disk. The menu says to change the SATA mode to RAID after copying the driver. Also, I have tried to get into the RAID Menu by using <CTRL - I > but no luck. I could use some help. I have been all over the net trying to figure this out. Thank you for your help in advance. |
Sorry to say, you seem to be confused about which Intel system supports PCIe NVMe SSDs in RAID, using Intel's Rapid Storage (IRST) feature.
Currently, only the Intel 100 series chipset boards, like a Z170 chipset board, supports creating RAID arrays of PCIe NVMe SSDs, like the Samsung 950 Pro.
Your board's X99 chipset does not support creating RAID arrays of PCIe NVMe SSDs.
That's why you have been unable to get the <Ctrl i> Intel RAID utility started, since you don't have any supported (SATA) drives connected to the PC. Even if the Intel RAID utility was available via <Ctrl i>, you would not see PCIe NVMe drives listed as available for use in a RAID array.
Intel IRST RAID support for PCIe NVMe SSDs is very new. The Intel 100 series chipset's storage support is very different than all earlier Intel chipsets, which allows it to support PCIe NVMe SSDs in RAID, with the appropriate version of the IRST driver. Also, the increase in performance provided by a RAID 0 array of PCIe NVMe SSDs is much smaller than happens with SATA SSDs. I've used 950 Pros in RAID 0 on my Z170 Extreme7+ board, and went back to using a single 950 Pro as the OS drive. A single 950 Pro performs just as good if not better as the OS drive than two in a RAID 0 array.