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Is RAID necessary for Intel P3700 SSDs?

JA4
New Contributor

Is it necessary to RAID (mirror) Intel P3700s in a production setup or will a single drive be reliable enough?

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jbenavides
Valued Contributor II

Hello

The Intel® SSD DC P3700 Series 2.5-inch form factor supports surprise hot plug feature in capable platforms and OS's. This includes support for hot insertion and removal, and surprise hot insertion by means of presence detect and link-up detect.

We advise you to check with the http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/topics/oems.html Computer Manufacturer Support, so they can confirm if your system supports hot plug of PCIe* NVME* devices.

Regarding drive redundancy and rebuilding procedures, they will behave according to the features and capabilities of your RAID configuration, so you would need to contact the RAID controller or software provider for details about this. For example, if you use software RAID with Microsoft Windows® Storage Spaces, you might want to check with Microsoft Support for details about it.