AMD StoreMI V2, the software now supports 400 series chipsets

AMD just updated its StoreMI V2 software to support 400 series chipsets like the X470 and B450 platforms. The Sunnyvale-based company initially only supported the more expensive X570 platform, but it confirmed its intention to expand compatibility to older platforms later in the year and has apparently kept its promise. The software is free, which is particularly useful for budget PC builders who usually build configurations based on B450 cards and with combinations of SSD and HDD, where StoreMI is most useful.

StoreMI is a solution. storage tiering that allows you to merge SSDs and HDDs (or slower SSDs with faster SSDs) into one virtual drive. StoreMI takes care of the data transfer between the two storage solutions, then analyzes the data and moves the most frequently used ones to the faster SSD. In fact, this technique combines the capacity and price advantages of HDDs with the speed of SSDs. This results in higher overall system performance, thanks to faster application and game load times.

AMD's original StoreMI software had some issues. Specifically, it was a tiered solution, which meant that it transferred data from slow SSD / HDD to faster SSD drive, but didn't keep a copy of the data on both drives. This had the advantage of making the entire storage capacity of both drives usable, but if the StoreMI virtual partition was damaged for any reason, all data stored on the fastest drive would be lost.