BigBadBeef
Active Member
Motherboards having multiple M.2 slots appears to be trickling further and further down the price ranges of motherboards, so I would once again like to revisit the notion of using RAID in 2023.
As you may or may not know, as you go higher and higher with speeds and capacity of M.2 devices, the price begins to increase exponentially. Alongside with that, ever more bulky cooling solutions are required, with some top of the line options requiring cooling involving heat pipes.
So what if one were to reach for something in a bit more reasonable price range and go for that classic friend of ours - mr. RAID?!?
Now I know plenty about raid, I know about its various configurations, I know about its strengths and weaknesses, issues on modern systems etc. What I don't know about is the various requirements about there being sufficient number of PCI-E pipelines being available for the system itself since they do take up lanes on that bus. But no matter, I will nosey around when the time comes.
There doesn't seem to be a consensus among enthusiasts as to whether one should opt for cheaper storage in RAID configuration. What do you guys think?
As you may or may not know, as you go higher and higher with speeds and capacity of M.2 devices, the price begins to increase exponentially. Alongside with that, ever more bulky cooling solutions are required, with some top of the line options requiring cooling involving heat pipes.
So what if one were to reach for something in a bit more reasonable price range and go for that classic friend of ours - mr. RAID?!?
Now I know plenty about raid, I know about its various configurations, I know about its strengths and weaknesses, issues on modern systems etc. What I don't know about is the various requirements about there being sufficient number of PCI-E pipelines being available for the system itself since they do take up lanes on that bus. But no matter, I will nosey around when the time comes.
There doesn't seem to be a consensus among enthusiasts as to whether one should opt for cheaper storage in RAID configuration. What do you guys think?