Is Intel VROC FakeRAID?
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We have confirmed through testing that Intel VROC which is presented as "RAID on CPU", which would imply that it is hardware RAID that just uses the CPU for processing, is actually totally fake and is not RAID at all. If you have the "right" drivers, Intel VROC will appear as a true RAID system, but if those drivers are not loaded, are missing, or whatever there is no RAID layer between the OS and the drivers. So the OS sees the individual drives and not a RAID array. True RAID cannot be penetrated in this way, ever.
What this is is nothing more than a marketing gimmick. Just like Intel's older Intel RST FakeRAID product, the entire RAID system is just a software package that is designed to confuse the end user and obfuscate that the hardware is not doing the RAID function.
We determined this through testing, but you can also see it in the operating support list from Intel. True RAID has no need for compatibility lists, it is universally compatible by definition. Only software RAID has compatibility limitations. Not only does VROC have limited OS support and list no production deployment options, but with VMware it lists that only certain types of RAID configurations will work which is, again, an impossible limitation with true RAID.
Intel VROC is FakeRAID
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I'm not shocked.
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@DustinB3403 said in Is Intel VROC FakeRAID?:
I'm not shocked.
Par for the course for Intel storage.
