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    What is Super RAID 4?

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Spartan@HIDevolution, Jan 19, 2017.

  1. Spartan@HIDevolution

    Spartan@HIDevolution Company Representative

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    so MSI has this Super RAID 4, how is it different than any RAID offered by the BIOS of any laptop?

    I know that if a computer doesn't have a dedicated RAID controller, then it is considered software RAID which is inferior to hardware RAID as it uses the CPU to do the RAID stuff

    Is Super RAID 4 just a fancy marketing slogan from MSI or is it any different than the normal RAID offered through a laptops BIOS which is considered a Hybrid RAID since it's done in the BIOS but without a hardware RAID controller?
     
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    It's no different to other types of software-mode RAID whether if it's a notebook or desktop computer, except the interface technology used behind it.
    https://www.msi.com/blog/super-raid-4

     
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    It's MSI's marketing buzzword for RAID0 NVMe drives.
     
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