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 necessary files and data before
doing so.
To configure your RAID (Redundant Array
of Independent Disks) system in Striping (RAID 0)
or Mirroring (RAID 1) mode (see
require two identical solid state drives.
RAID Level
Description
Identical drives reading and writing data in
RAID 0
parallel to increase performance. RAID 0
(at lease two
implements a striped disk array and the data is
SSDs
broken into blocks and each block is written to
needed)
a separate drive.
Identical drives in a mirrored configuration used
to protect data . Should a drive that ispart of a
RAID 1
mirrored array fail, the mirrored drive
(at lease two
(which contains identical data) will handle all
SSDs
the data. When a new replacement drive is
needed)
installed, data to the new drive is rebuilt from
the mirrored drive to restore fault tolerance.
Table 1 - RAID Description
Prepare the following before setting up your PCIe SSDs
in RAID mode:
• The Microsoft Windows 11 OS on a DVD or USB flash
drive.
• A connected external DVD drive.
• Two identical PCIe solid state drives.
• The Device Drivers & Utilities + User's Manual disc.
• A USB Flash drive or external USB hard disk drive.
Note: All SSDs in a RAID should be identical (the same
size and brand) in order to prevent unexpected system
behavior.
Table
1) you will
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