Drivers & Software

[debianbuster]

A desktop build is being planned using a Ryzen 5 5600x CPU with a Linux Debian 11 operating system.

I was considering putting the operating system on a RAID 1 configuration of two HDDs and the user data

on a separate RAID 1 configuration of another two HDDs.

However I now understand that a Ryzen motherboard does not have RAID support for my chosen CPU

and I would need a very expensive hardware RAID controller card if I wanted the operating system to be

in a RAID configuration. 

So it seems i can put the user data in a software based RAID array, but the operating system needs  

a very expensive hardware RAID controller card.

Can anyone help so that I can avoid needing a very expensive hardware RAID controller card ?

Thanks.

[ThreeDee]

What motherboard? 

I run an x570 Taichi that supports multiple RAID types

https://download.asrock.com/Manual/RAID/X570S%20PG%20Riptide/English.pdf

[debianbuster]

Thanks for your reply. The desktop is being built for me so I don't know which motherboard is being used.

All I understand is that the motherboard doesn't have an AMD RAID controller driver suitable for the 5600x.

However, I have just found the following :-

https://www.guru3d.com/files-details/nvme-raid-drivers-for-amd-ryzen-threadripper-x399.html

and I wonder if this shows that a suitable RAID controller driver is now available for my proposed 

system of RAID 1 arrays.