Configuring Raid 0 with sn720 and sn750

[Maltasar_]

Hi,
My dad bought a Hp Omen 15 0806 i think, and wanted to double the size of the storage, and with compatability for raid 0, i bought the most exact nvme ssd i could find, the sn750, and right now theres a sn720 in the laptop.

So basically i have never configured raid on any pc, and wanted some help. Theres a boot drive in the laptop, with programs etc. And i wanted to "merge" the two drives together, so the 2 500gb ssds become 1tb.

How am going to do that? And i dont know of you can do it without having to reinstall windows, but it would be nice.

I know theres the "Spanned" and "Striped" options i can do, but i dont know which is best for my purpose, and if theres any other way.

I would GREATLY appreciate any kind of support, and thanks in advance. 🙂

[Nutbustd]

Sn750's are very very fast. Running over 3,000MB/s. Why would you even need  Raid?  The newest generation  M.2 NVmn are so fast and quick I don't even see a need for Raid. Just an observation. Actually just curious. I use a Samsung 970 m2 512GB and it shows well over 2500 MB/s on Crystal disk speed check. Take care

[Maltasar_]

I know, but the problem is that he stores a lot of pictures and large video files, and not good at all at computers, so it would just be very much easier to just have 1 big ssd instead of him having to switch where he wants to place the files and stuff. So basically not for extra speed, just convenience.

[savvy2]

yes, raid is complex, and mixing drive types is a no-no, but if using the correct series of drive, the do work one large and one smaller, like my R710 does. a real server.

why not just avoid RAID totally , ?  that is HW raid and just

your not going for more speed only larger size, even 2 times.

use good old microsoft w10 way.

the magic name is "storage spaces"

1000s of examples using google to find this, even MS has pages teaching this , no less.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/how-to-set-up-raid-windows-10,36783.html

and so easy.

[Maltasar_]

I have seen guides on how to raid with storage spaces, but when i type it, nothing comes up. Any ideas?