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Disabling Intel® Optane™
If you wish to disable an existing Intel® Optane™ setup then follow the procedure below to
do so.
1.
Run the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.
2.
Click Disable.
3.
Click Yes when the message pops up.
4.
Restart the computer to complete the process.
5.
Run the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology application.
6.
The Status of Intel® Optane™ Memory is indicated in the Window.
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 Table 1) you will require two identical solid state drives.
RAID Level
RAID 0
(at lease two SSDs
needed)
RAID 1
(at lease two SSDs
needed)
RAID 5
(at lease three
SSDs needed)
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 & Utilities + User's Manual disc.
•
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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.
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.
RAID 5 (Parity) is the most regularly used secure RAID level. RAID 5 consists
of blocklevel striping with distributed parity so data blocks are striped across
the drives and parity data is not written to a fixed drive, but is spread across all
drives. Using the parity data, the computer can recalculate the data of one of
the other data blocks, should that data no longer be available. A RAID 5 array
can withstand a failure of a single drive so that no data is lost.
Table 1 - RAID Description
Description