A couple of days in the past, AMD launched a brand new RAID driving force, model 9.3.3.00117, for Windows 11 and 10, by the use of a brand new RAID installer device bundle model 6.10.09.200. The new RAID driving force provides toughen for Windows 11 model 24H2. The driving force now additionally helps HMB (Host Memory Buffer) because of this HMB will paintings when RAID is enabled on NVMe SSDs.

For those that might not be acquainted, many SSDs include a devoted DRAM chip that acts as a buffer (cache) for metadata between the controller and the NAND flash reminiscence. The presence of this DRAM cache improves write caching and in most cases reduces random get right of entry to instances. Those NVME SSDs that shouldn’t have the DRAM cache usually toughen the HMB era which is helping the controller get right of entry to gadget reminiscence by the use of Direct Memory Access (DMA).

Meanwhile, RAID or Redundant Array of Independent Disks is a era that permits customers to mix more than one, usually affordable, disks such that information redundancy may also be created to stop information loss and/or reinforce efficiency.

Aside from new function toughen, the brand new RAID driving force additionally fixes a blue display screen of dying (BSOD) factor. The highlights of the discharge are given beneath:

• Installer helps Windows® 10 and Windows® 11.
• New model of AMD RAID driving force (9.3.3.00117) and AMD RAIDxpert2 application (9.3.3.00117).
• AMD RAID Driver Support added for Windows® 11 24H2.
• Driver repair for random BSOD.
• NVMe HMB toughen enabled in RAID Driver.
• If updating AMD RAID drivers, gadget should consecutively reboot two times for AMD RAID drivers to paintings correctly. The RAID Software installer will routinely carry out the 2 consecutive reboots

Despite the enhancements, the driving force does have a number of recognized Issues and boundaries. They are:

• OS Installation might fail when OS isn’t put in at the first RAID array.
• RaidXpert2 Application does now not release when OS username accommodates a non-Latin persona.
• Informed elimination of drives (NVMe) whilst IO in-progress isn’t really useful.
• Informed elimination of entrance bay NVMe might fail after array transformation.
• RAIDXpert2 software might freeze/turn into un-responsive after array transformation or on connecting again the got rid of NVMe.
• Raid installer takes nearly 3-4 mins to put in the bundle.
• After the Raid bundle is put in within the first Admin person account, after first restart on logon to the nonadmin person account the second one restart is probably not carried out. This state of affairs is seen handiest on Admin person accounts.

To obtain the brand new RAID installer bundle, head over to AMD’s website online at this hyperlink the place you’ll be able to additionally to find the discharge notes. The driving force works on each Ryzen 7000/9000 collection CPUs, in addition to Threadripper.

In phrases of motherboard toughen, it’s suitable with Socket AM5 chipsets 800 collection (X870E/X870), 600 collection (X670E/X670, B650E/B650, and A620). On the Threadripper aspect, WRX90/TRX50 are supported.