[Tegsys] Storage operation check with 4 NVMe SSDs (RAID 0)

■ This is an article posted on June 2020, 8, so the content of the information may be out of date.

Tegara's research and industrial custom PC manufacturing serviceTegusisIn order to give customers more peace of mind when considering the configuration, we may make a proposal after actually verifying whether it will work in your environment.

Here is an example of such a verification example.

RAID 2 configuration with 4 M.0 NVMe SSDs

This time from the customerI would like to realize RAID 2 with NVMe using my ASRock Ultra Quad M.0 CardWe have received a request.

We will verify in advance whether the performance can be properly demonstrated with the industrial custom PC you requested using the supplied products (PCI-E card you plan to use: Ultra Quad M.2 Card, and SSD) and ship it. I was allowed to.

1. About verification parts (supplied items)

SuppliesMeans the parts prepared by the customer. Parts provided in the production of a PC have implications for pre-verification and reuse. This time, the former was supplied for preliminary verification, and the environment to be used was reproduced and the performance was confirmed. Preliminary verification with the supplied items can be useful not only for compatibility issues of parts, but also for performance evaluation and judgment materials for PC introduction.

 

2. Intel SSD 660p x4 RAID 0 test

After building RAID660 with 2.0 Intel SSD 4p (0TB),CrystalDiskMark Benchmark measurement was performed using.

It was used without any problems after confirming that the test results were within the customer's acceptable range.

The Intel SSD 660p is a product that uses Intel QLC NAND (64 layers) as the main storage part, but part of it is SLC cache (SLCbuffer) The technology was incorporated, and although there was some waves on the lead part due to the nature, the writing performance was good.

Specifications of supplied M.2 SSD expansion board ASRock ULTRA QUAD M.2 CARD

interface  – PCI Express 3.0 x16
Connector  – 2 Ultra M.4 sockets
 – Compatible with M Key type 2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2.
 – PCI Express modules up to Gen3 x4 (32 Gb / s)
 – One graphics 12V power connector
Size  – W: 243.84 x H: 111.76 mm
Other features  – Compatible with Intel's VROC technology
 – Fully compatible with Intel's latest NVMe M.2 SSD
 – Supports M Key type 2242/2260/2280/22110 M.2 PCI Express module Gen3 x4 32Gb / s

Details of ASRock ULTRA QUAD M.2 CARD
https://www.asrock.com/mb/spec/product.jp.asp?Model=ULTRA QUAD M.2 CARD

 

Supplied Items Intel SSD 660p Series Specifications:

Eur-lex.europa.eu eur-lex.europa.eu  - 2.048 TB
Form factor  – M.2 22x80mm
interface  – PCIe3.0x4, NVMe
Lithography type  - 3D2 QLC *

Intel SSD 660p Series Product Details
https://ark.intel.com/content/www/jp/ja/ark/products/series/149409/intel-ssd-660p-series.html

 

TegusisPlease feel free to contact us as we will verify and provide feedback upon request when using the product.

Person who wrote this article : Engineering Department Kokubun
The date this article was written : 2020.8.17