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Samsung Magician and Raid array

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So I recently switched from a single SSD to of them 4 in a raid 10 array.

 

I was able to use a feature called RAPID in the Samsung magician software. Inside the software, it says that the array is an unrecognized drive. Is there a way to get the software to recognize it?

 

FYI I am using 4 samsung 840 evos with the onboard raid controller on my motherboard. 

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2 minutes ago, Spirit_Hunter said:

So I recently switched from a single SSD to of them 4 in a raid 10 array.

 

I was able to use a feature called RAPID in the Samsung magician software. Inside the software, it says that the array is an unrecognized drive. Is there a way to get the software to recognize it?

 

FYI I am using 4 samsung 840 evos with the onboard raid controller on my motherboard. 

Correct ... Samsung Magician software cannot process drives in a RAID array.

 

Its the fine print right at the bottom of the page for the user guide or FAQ or somewhere like that.   A well known issue.

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Just now, Rohime said:

Correct ... Samsung Magician software cannot process drives in a RAID array.

 

Its the fine print right at the bottom of the page for the user guide or FAQ or somewhere like that.   A well known issue.

 

aww shucks. It was a nice little feature that i'll miss. Hopefully, the raid array will have some more noticeable benefits. 

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Just now, Spirit_Hunter said:

aww shucks. It was a nice little feature that i'll miss. Hopefully, the raid array will have some more noticeable benefits. 

raid 10 is not worth it, you lose half the capacity..

Insert ram related question here: https://linustechtips.com/main/topic/1197132-setting-ram-speed-xmp-docp-for-dummies/

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2 hours ago, TrigrH said:

raid 10 is not worth it, you lose half the capacity..

And you won't get an improvement on random access like you do with mechanical drives. The speed you get on benchmarks do not appear to have any benefit in real work loads. Better to use those redundant SSD as back up drives

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