Re: NVMe disk protection

There is no RAID option for NVMe. It's mirroring or nothing.

On Mon, May 25, 2026 at 9:33 PM Rob Berendt <[email protected]>
wrote:

> If I add one or two 800GB NVMe drives, ending up with 3 or 4, what RAID
> alternatives does that open up?
>
> Keep in mind that they are coming from spinning disks which absolutely
> crawl compared to SSDs let alone NVMe drives.
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM Jim Oberholtzer <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
> > In that case mirroring.
> >
> >
> > Jim Oberholtzer
> > Agile Technology Architects
> >
> > > On May 23, 2026, at 9:12 AM, Rob Berendt <[email protected]>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Getting a quote on a Power system with two 800GB NVMe drives.
> > > The system they are migrating from has just over 800GB at 80% used.
> > > What are the disk protection options?
> > > Single IBM i LPAR system with no VIOS.
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