Raid

[tysken_02]

sooo, just finished my itx build a few days and its fine. i just wanna know how i could get my 2 identical ssds (2x2tb crucial p3plus) running in raid0. just want it to be easier to store everything in one place instead of searching them throu when i need them 

 

[Windows7ge]

Be aware that this doubles the chances of data loss since you increase the points of failure but if neither are your boot drive you can create a Simple array using Windows Storage Spaces. It will show you the usable capacity. Just make sure it says 3.84TB or something close to that during creation.

[tysken_02]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Be aware that this doubles the chances of data loss since you increase the points of failure but if neither are your boot drive you can create a Simple array using Windows Storage Spaces. It will show you the usable capacity. Just make sure it says 3.84TB or something close to that during creation.

i am fully aware of the risk, doing this to gain new expierence. but how do i do this withou having windows installed on it?? is it possible when windows is installed???

[Windows7ge]

It is possible to RAID them when Windows is installed but not in the way you think.

 

You'd have to use something akin to Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) from your BIOS. I'm not 100% sure on NVMe RAID but SATA devices you can change modes from AHCI -> RAID. Go to the RAID menu and pick the devices you want to RAID and in which way. Then you have to reinstall Windows from scratch and use the RAID driver for your motherboard from the manufacturers website to get the install destination device (the RAID volume) to show up during the windows installation.

 

If you don't want to do all of that. Then you're better off living with two drives or just buying a single 4TB drive if it bothers you enough.

[SpookyCitrus]

10 minutes ago, tysken_02 said:

i am fully aware of the risk, doing this to gain new expierence. but how do i do this withou having windows installed on it?? is it possible when windows is installed???

Other than storage spaces, you can only setup Raid through your bios, if your board has it as an option. What make and model motherboard do you have? We can check that for you and if it does support Raid in bios we can link you to a guide.

 

Regardless, keep in mind Windows Storage Spaces is the most optimal way to do it. Also, just a word of advice when running SSDs at least in my experience I don't like to recommend users run them in raid especially for the boot drive, especially if data is important to you. Data drives are fine, I've just dealt with too many issues in my shop with people setting up Raid SSDs for their boot and not understanding what that entails or how to manage them if there is an issue. 

[tysken_02]

11 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

It is possible to RAID them when Windows is installed but not in the way you think.

 

You'd have to use something akin to Intel RST (Rapid Storage Technology) from your BIOS. I'm not 100% sure on NVMe RAID but SATA devices you can change modes from AHCI -> RAID. Go to the RAID menu and pick the devices you want to RAID and in which way. Then you have to reinstall Windows from scratch and use the RAID driver for your motherboard from the manufacturers website to get the install destination device (the RAID volume) to show up during the windows installation.

 

If you don't want to do all of that. Then you're better off living with two drives or just buying a single 4TB drive if it bothers you enough.

Thanks for telling, I will try it out, bc i got NOTHING to do

 

PS, will return with an update 

[tysken_02]

3 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Other than storage spaces, you can only setup Raid through your bios, if your board has it as an option. What make and model motherboard do you have? We can check that for you and if it does support Raid in bios we can link you to a guide.

 

Regardless, keep in mind Windows Storage Spaces is the most optimal way to do it. Also, just a word of advice when running SSDs at least in my experience I don't like to recommend users run them in raid especially for the boot drive, especially if data is important to you. Data drives are fine, I've just dealt with too many issues in my shop with people setting up Raid SSDs for their boot and not understanding what that entails or how to manage them if there is an issue. 

Data isn't really important to me, since this machine is for gaming only. The motherboard is a asrock b850i lightning wifi, according to the retailer i bought it at, it'll support raid 0

[SpookyCitrus]

6 minutes ago, tysken_02 said:

Data isn't really important to me, since this machine is for gaming only. The motherboard is a asrock b850i lightning wifi, according to the retailer i bought it at, it'll support raid 0

Sounds good, yeah just do what @Windows7ge suggested. Or look it up in your motherboards manual. 

[tysken_02]

2 minutes ago, SpookyCitrus said:

Sounds good, yeah just do what @Windows7ge suggested. Or look it up in your motherboards manual. 

On it rn, bc there wasn't really a manual in the box. And the online one didn't say anything either 

[Windows7ge]

30 minutes ago, tysken_02 said:

Data isn't really important to me, since this machine is for gaming only. The motherboard is a asrock b850i lightning wifi, according to the retailer i bought it at, it'll support raid 0

Far be it from me to deter a man with a need for speed. This is from your motherboards manual.

 

 

So yes. You can RAID the M.2 drives and it supports Striped (RAID0)

As far as the RAID driver goes you might not need one. Your board does take a RAID Utility but that doesn't mean it's a driver. It might work without one.

[tysken_02]

5 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Far be it from me to deter a man with a need for speed. This is from your motherboards manual.

 

 

So yes. You can RAID the M.2 drives and it supports Striped (RAID0)

As far as the RAID driver goes you might not need one. Your board does take a RAID Utility but that doesn't mean it's a driver. It might work without one.

Im downloading the driver rn, just to be sure. Is it okej if I might bother you with some bios pictures? Don't wanna mess it up really 

[tysken_02]

33 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

Far be it from me to deter a man with a need for speed. This is from your motherboards manual.

 

 

So yes. You can RAID the M.2 drives and it supports Striped (RAID0)

As far as the RAID driver goes you might not need one. Your board does take a RAID Utility but that doesn't mean it's a driver. It might work without one.

I assume it's supposed to look like that?? 

And I assume that they gotta be enabled?! 

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[Windows7ge]

It says you created a RAID0 3.9TB volume. Looks correct to me. Should just be a matter of if the Windows installer needs a driver now or not.

[tysken_02]

10 minutes ago, Windows7ge said:

It says you created a RAID0 3.9TB volume. Looks correct to me. Should just be a matter of if the Windows installer needs a driver now or not.

It's windows being a bitch, need a 2nd USB drive for that, bc when installing windows it disappears 

[Windows7ge]

Just now, tysken_02 said:

It's windows being a bitch, need a 2nd USB drive for that, bc when installing windows it disappears 

Yeah I could see Windows doing that.

 

Although Windows allows installation from a USB using .ISO files the Windows installer still acts like you're installing from a CD drive so it makes send you need a "second" USB because the installer sees it as the "first".

[tysken_02]

3 hours ago, Windows7ge said:

Yeah I could see Windows doing that.

 

Although Windows allows installation from a USB using .ISO files the Windows installer still acts like you're installing from a CD drive so it makes send you need a "second" USB because the installer sees it as the "first".

Yeah, Install throu a USB, now a 2nd is needed for the driver, which is that again tho?? Gonna buy some next week