09-23-2017 03:26 PM - last edited on 03-06-2024 08:18 PM by ROGBot
09-23-2017 07:15 PM
clindsay616@gmail.com wrote:
So I just got my Rampage VI Extreme and 7900X up and running however I was not able to figure out how to get my two drives to create a bootable raid drive.
I have 2 Samsung 960Pro 1TB and I currently have them both in the dimm.2 slot. Everytime I try to set up the raid array it says they are unsupported. Do I need to not have them both on the Dimm.2? Is there something else I am missing that I need to do before I set up the array?
Thanks!
09-24-2017 08:25 AM
clindsay616@gmail.com wrote:
So I just got my Rampage VI Extreme and 7900X up and running however I was not able to figure out how to get my two drives to create a bootable raid drive.
I have 2 Samsung 960Pro 1TB and I currently have them both in the dimm.2 slot. Everytime I try to set up the raid array it says they are unsupported. Do I need to not have them both on the Dimm.2? Is there something else I am missing that I need to do before I set up the array?
Thanks!
09-25-2017 09:24 PM
Moloch wrote:
I was able to set up raid 0 with 2x Samsung 960 on a Dimm.2 with R6A. Unfortunately it appeared that the DIMM.2 slot is connected via a single 4x bus, rather than a 4x bus for each slot. So I still had a max speed of ~3500GB/s.
After setting up raid between the 2 different DIMM.2 cards on the Apex, I got speeds of nearly double. So I would recommend setting up raid between the single chipset slot and one of the DIMM.2 slots on the R6E, so they each get their own dedicated 4x lane (or get a PCIe card for VROC that supports non-Intel M.2, I think ASUS makes one)
Keep in mind, there are 2 different types of raid now:
IRST = VROC raid (must use VROC/cpu lanes... might require Intel brand M.2 drives... should be bootable) (I'm guessing this is the type you tried?)
RSTe = Chipset raid (I use this type, allows any drive, but not bootable)
09-25-2017 10:04 PM
Moloch wrote:
I was able to set up raid 0 with 2x Samsung 960 on a Dimm.2 with R6A. Unfortunately it appeared that the DIMM.2 slot is connected via a single 4x bus, rather than a 4x bus for each slot. So I still had a max speed of ~3500GB/s.
After setting up raid between the 2 different DIMM.2 cards on the Apex, I got speeds of nearly double. So I would recommend setting up raid between the single chipset slot and one of the DIMM.2 slots on the R6E, so they each get their own dedicated 4x lane (or get a PCIe card for VROC that supports non-Intel M.2, I think ASUS makes one)
Keep in mind, there are 2 different types of raid now:
IRST = VROC raid (must use VROC/cpu lanes... might require Intel brand M.2 drives... should be bootable) (I'm guessing this is the type you tried?)
RSTe = Chipset raid (I use this type, allows any drive, but not bootable)
05-07-2018 06:25 PM
Moloch wrote:
I was able to set up raid 0 with 2x Samsung 960 on a Dimm.2 with R6A. Unfortunately it appeared that the DIMM.2 slot is connected via a single 4x bus, rather than a 4x bus for each slot. So I still had a max speed of ~3500GB/s.
After setting up raid between the 2 different DIMM.2 cards on the Apex, I got speeds of nearly double. So I would recommend setting up raid between the single chipset slot and one of the DIMM.2 slots on the R6E, so they each get their own dedicated 4x lane (or get a PCIe card for VROC that supports non-Intel M.2, I think ASUS makes one)
Keep in mind, there are 2 different types of raid now:
IRST = VROC raid (must use VROC/cpu lanes... might require Intel brand M.2 drives... should be bootable) (I'm guessing this is the type you tried?)
RSTe = Chipset raid (I use this type, allows any drive, but not bootable)
05-07-2018 06:54 PM
NixNemo wrote:
Yes, Apex has one DIMM.2 slot connected to PCH, and another one, connected directly to CPU (I mean VROC), so you mean that you had ONE Samsung 960 in each DIMM.2 and was able to set RAID0 ? ...please, clarify. Many thanks in advance.
09-24-2017 03:36 PM
09-25-2017 03:22 PM
10-26-2017 12:02 AM
Mavtop wrote:
Hey Rzotti,
I'm planning on doing the same thing with 2 Samsung 960 2tb m.2 drives.
Was originally going to raid 0 them, but I guess nvme is locked out, not only on the VROC add in card, but also on the DIMM.2s?
Disappointing, but waiting for intel 900p drives to VROC them all together. The Sammies are fast enough just the way they are, but I might raid 0 them once I move my OS to the 900P drives.