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 <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>
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 <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In that case mirroring.


Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On May 23, 2026, at 9:12 AM, Rob Berendt <robertowenberendt@xxxxxxxxx>

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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