Intel® Rapid Storage Technology and Intel® Optane™ Memory Applications Will No Longer Be Updated (End-of-Life Notice)

[tjrose91]

I provided the link below but opened up IRST to check on things but now im worried about the EOL, and only noticed the message today

should i upgrade my 5960x Gaming Rig as i currently have a 3x10tb Barracuda Pro in Raid 5 or will i be fine after the EOL,

are the newer Intel Raid on the 9th or 10th gen boards support Raid 5 wasnt planning on upgrading this rig for at least another year or two, should i get a brand new raid card instead if i dont plan to upgrade for 2+ years

 

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000055419/technologies.html

[Electronics Wizardy]

Well the intel raid isn't good anyways, so id just use software raid instead.

[tjrose91]

1 minute ago, Electronics Wizardy said:

Well the intel raid isn't good anyways, so id just use software raid instead.

my set up been IRST for years now never had any problems only thing i hate is kinda same with windows 10 updates it will verify and error check at the worst times and im like WTF why is my drive so slow, only to find the IRST is doing its thing and have to cancel the Verify thing to get back to normal speeds

 

[Jarsky]

Please read it properly....

 

Intel RST is not EOL. 

It is only the IRST & IOM Applications, as they're replaced by "The Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Hardware Support Application"

[Electronics Wizardy]

Just now, tjrose91 said:

my set up been IRST for years now never had any problems only thing i hate is kinda same with windows 10 updates it will verify and error check at the worst times and im like WTF why is my drive so slow, only to find the IRST is doing its thing and have to cancel the Verify thing to get back to normal speeds

 

well software raid is just much better overall, and is the same speed or faster, as intel raid is really just some fancy software raid(its not hardware raid, there is no hardware raid processor). So id just reformat as software raid and restore backups.

[Jarsky]

The new application: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000030046/memory-and-storage.html

[tjrose91]

Just now, Jarsky said:

Please read it properly....

 

Intel RST is not EOL. 

It is only the IRST & IOM Applications, as they're replaced by "The Intel® Optane™ Memory and Storage Management Hardware Support Application"

well its kind of a lot to take in and really confusing for me say the least

 

[Windows7ge]

Do you boot from this RAID5?

[tjrose91]

On 6/12/2020 at 10:10 PM, Windows7ge said:

Do you boot from this RAID5?

no i do not, i use it as mass storage, if i used it as a boot drive  that  be one big boot drive at 18.1 tb or 20tb