Virtual RAID On CPU on X299

[S-F]

Looks like Intel is going to have some kind of RAID on the CPU with Skylake-X.

Intel's Core i9 and X299 enable crazy RAID configurations for a price

I wonder what the cost will be and how it will perform.

 

[Patrick]

No comment (yet)

 

[markarr]

In this video from Linus Tech Tips he vents about some quirks with the new platform, there is a section about the vroc.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...RoVNnE&usg=AFQjCNHMKWyhmZvuuuwt1B8KpoQqKehEKw

 

[msg7086]

In this video from Linus Tech Tips he vents about some quirks with the new platform, there is a section about the vroc.

Fixed the link.

 

[Klee]

Intel just does not get it.

 

[Stephan]

From the video:

0 USD RAID0 (out of the box)
99 USD for RAID1+10
399 USD for RAID1+10+5

Supported on Intel NVMe only.

That, together with a X299 Kaby/SkyLake-X socket 2066 mega-confusion rising (usable RAM channels, PCIe lanes, Intel graphics and whatnot, all dependent on which of the 100 CPU models you bought) could make this feature quite the niche sadly. If AMD can patch some of the nastier silicon bugs and deliver an ECC-capable Threadripper I can see people switch to AMD for HEDT. So in essence you will see this feature mostly in servers with NVMe/Optane as local storage, e.g. for database servers.

 

[vanfawx]

According to the article, boot from NVMe raid is only supported with Intel NVMe drives. But you can use other vendors drives just as a raid data volume.

$499USD for software RAID5, and bootable only with Intel drives is outrageous.

 

[Tom5051]

They will have just moved the software raid architecture from one of the motherboard chips to the CPU. Benefits will be nil I would say.

 

[markarr]

The one benefit I see with moving it to the cpu is that you are removed from the DMI interface which could be full with some 10g nics or such as it is only the equivalent to a 4x 3.0 pci bus.