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I am researching options for using an NVMe m.2 SSD in my build. I tried to search this thread and got no results on the subject. What I am curious about is if I can use two NVMe m.2 SSDs in RAID 0 to boot Mac OS. I am looking at a couple Gigabyte motherboards, one is the GA-z170x-UD5. In the manual, it states that you can RAID 0 two m.2 SSDs, but doesn't specify anything about NVMe, and of course it says nothing about booting Mac OS.
I get that everyone always says not to use RAID 0 for a boot volume, but my logic says different. A 1TB m.2 NVMe SSD is pretty much double the cost of a 512GB blade. In the unlikely even that your SSD fails, if you have a 1TB blade, you will have to replace it a cost of around $600. If you have two 512GB blades in RIAD 0 and perform regualar backups, you have a replacement cost that is half the price is one blade fails. To me, it makes a lot of sense. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. And please, someone tell me if it works to boot Mac OS!
I get that everyone always says not to use RAID 0 for a boot volume, but my logic says different. A 1TB m.2 NVMe SSD is pretty much double the cost of a 512GB blade. In the unlikely even that your SSD fails, if you have a 1TB blade, you will have to replace it a cost of around $600. If you have two 512GB blades in RIAD 0 and perform regualar backups, you have a replacement cost that is half the price is one blade fails. To me, it makes a lot of sense. Someone please correct me if I am wrong. And please, someone tell me if it works to boot Mac OS!