Hi Guys, apologies if this has been discussed before. but I wouldn't mind picking your brains again ;-) Trying to find the best storage solution (Cost, benefits - speed, access etc...) I can fit 12x NVME in my system via two AIC cards (threadripper systems, at least that is the plan) as I am looking at different disks I keep seeing that the 500gb version of most of the current PCIe Gen4 x4 disk is slower then their bigger sisters! Why is that? Second question ;-) what is the best option for OS/application boot disk? single disk Nvme or RAID (i know that there is the Intel Optane 905p, but what else do we have) i would think that 4x NVME gen4 would outrun the Optane 905p I know there are no free lunch anywhere, so perhaps 4x RAID-0 of NVME say Samsung 980 PRO vs Optane 905p or a single NVME might read or write faster or there is something else that causes slowdown? latency - where is the holy grail ? cost vs best performance (if are probably splitting hairs between 1-3%) I would like to hear your thoughts - also if I have missed out anything please do not hesitate to add to this, I am sure we can all benefit here thanks Henrik
Hi I have the 970 raid 0 and i can see a difference in boot and performance also this is a good read for your 980 https://premiumbuilds.com/comparisons/samsung-980-pro-vs-970-pro/ Good Luck
What platform are you on though? If mainstream, you will be limited by the bandwidth between the CPU and chipset. I have 970 raid 0 and there is no difference in bandwidth compared to single drive. On Intel mainstream chipset, it's limited by DMI 3.0. Not sure about AMD.
