Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) VMD NVMe* RAID Maximum Hardware Configurations Supported

The Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) package supports several combinations of NVMe* drives, switches, arrays and RAID volumes per Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD) domain. The following information lists and explains the maximum hardware configurations allowed. For an overview of the Intel® VROC supported configurations, refer to Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) Supported Configurations.

Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) Features

The Intel® VROC maximum hardware configurations are one of the key features of the Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) sub-product. To learn about other key features of this Intel® VROC sub-product, refer to Key Features of Intel® Virtual RAID on CPU (Intel® VROC) VMD NVMe* RAID for Windows*.

Maximum Number of Drives Supported in a RAID Volume

Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) supports the ability to create RAID volumes from 2 up to 48 NVMe* drives connected to the Intel® VMD controllers (either directly connected, connected via NVMe* retimer cards, connected via NVMe* switches or a combination of the three).

Maximum Number of Switch Levels Supported

Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) supports the ability to cascade up to 2 levels of NVMe* switches on a single Intel® VMD domain.

Maximum Number of Arrays Supported

Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) supports the ability to create a maximum of 24 arrays on NVMe* drives connected to the Intel® VMD controllers. An array can be created on a minimum of 2 drives.

Maximum RAID Members Supported

Intel® VROC (VMD NVMe* RAID) supports the ability to create 2 RAID volumes per array on NVMe* drives connected to the Intel® VMD controllers.