

For legacy OSes without OS-based software RAID boot support, one can mirror boot devices or other devices. SATA SAS With HBA PCIe Only And Intel VROC And VMD Instead of requiring adding a Broadcom Tri-Mode HBA to create NVMe RAID 1 or 10 for Windows or other OS boot devices, one can skip that and just use Intel VROC. This is effectively software RAID for NVMe devices.

VROC stands for Intel Virtual RAID on Chip. Intel Does a 360 on Discontinuing VROCīefore we get to the latest from Intel, let us first get to what VROC is in the first place. If that sounds like a 360 degree flip in 11 days with a massive 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids launch in the middle, it should. Now, Intel says it is pulling that PCN and will continue supporting VROC. It turns out just before that piece went live, Intel had discontinued VROC almost immediately via a Product Change Notification or PCN. Just before the Sapphire Rapids launch, I had the team working on some relatively quick pieces one of them was the Intel VROC Hardware Key Quick Reference Guide.
