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RAID Setup
Your solid state drives (SSDs) can be set up in RAID
mode (for increased performance or protection).
Note
that setting up your solid state drives in RAID mode
needs to be done prior to installing the
Windows
OS.
Do not change the mode unless you intend to reinstall your
operating system, and make sure you back up all neces-
sary files and data before doing so.
To configure your RAID (Redundant Array of Indepen-
dent Disks) system in Striping (RAID 0) or Mirroring
(RAID 1) mode (see
) you will require two identi-
cal solid state drives.
Table 1
- RAID Description
Prepare the following before setting up your
PCIe SSDs
in RAID mode:
• The
Microsoft Windows 10 OS
on a DVD or USB flash
drive.
• Two identical
PCIe
solid state drives.
• The
Device Drivers & Uti User’s Manual
disc.
Note
: All SSDs in a RAID should be identical (the same
size and brand) in order to prevent unexpected system be-
havior.
RAID Level
Description
RAID 0
(at lease two
SSDs
needed)
Identical drives reading and writing data in
parallel to
increase performance
. RAID 0
implements a striped disk array and the data is
broken into blocks and each block is written to
a separate drive.
RAID 1
(at lease two
SSDs
needed)
Identical drives in a mirrored configuration
used to
protect data
. Should a drive that is
part of a mirrored array fail, the mirrored drive
(which contains identical data) will handle all
the data. When a new replacement drive is
installed, data to the new drive is rebuilt from
the mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance.
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