Intel optane memory and storage management là gì năm 2024

I suspect this is a well understood issue by some, but I'm a little confused how this is supposed to work and to my surprise, I don't see this widely reported as a problem and can't find a solution online, so I suspect I'm just doing something stupid.

I've used RST for at least 14 years, maybe longer (don't recall when I started using on-board RAID as good-enough in place of a dedicated card) for monitoring RAID integrity, tuning cache levels, rebuilding volumes, etc., across dozens of systems. I know that more recently (a few years ago, under Windows 10) Intel and Microsoft moved from the Intel-provided GUI to the one in the Microsoft Store, the "Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management" application. What I don't understand is what powers the back-end, the actual RAID monitoring software or drivers. I assume that's why I am getting the following error preventing the app from launching. The listed error code doesn't map to anything that seems relevant: other than not being able to launch the app to check the settings, everything seems to be running fine.

Additional background:

I run RAID 1 on the computer in question (others run RAID 5 and RAID 10). I set that up in the BIOS (various MoBo's, but this one happens to be MSI, using Intel's Z790 chipset). In order to install Windows, I need to install the RAID drivers from the f6vmdflpy-x64 folder, which is the same process I've used for more than decade. Without the drivers added during install, the Windows installer doesn't even see the drive and won't install. So I know that from the moment of install, it's using the Intel drivers. So far, so good.

Then, once Windows us up and running, I can install the Intel Driver and Support Assistant and the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management apps. The Intel D&SA used to also update RST, but now it seems to ignore it and only address networking and embedded graphics. The Optane Memory and Storage Management app seems to require a current version of the RST software to be able to provide a report on the RAID array and drives.

Also SOMETIMES, the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management starts and runs fine without that error. I think, but I'm not sure, that it runs after a restart or maybe if I manually reinstall the RST from MSI for the motherboard (but those have never changed, so don't understand why it would work after a fresh re-install, then later report that I need to update the drivers as shown in that error message).

Question:

Where am I supposed to get that and how do I keep it up to date, now that the Intel D&SA no longer updates it? I really don't want to have to restart the computer every time I want to check on the RAID drivers. Or am I looking at this all wrong and there's a different way I should handle this now that Intel has changed how this works (like maybe the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management isn't even the right tool for this)?

I suspect this is a well understood issue by some, but I'm a little confused how this is supposed to work and to my surprise, I don't see this widely reported as a problem and can't find a solution online, so I suspect I'm just doing something stupid.

I've used RST for at least 14 years, maybe longer (don't recall when I started using on-board RAID as good-enough in place of a dedicated card) for monitoring RAID integrity, tuning cache levels, rebuilding volumes, etc., across dozens of systems. I know that more recently (a few years ago, under Windows 10) Intel and Microsoft moved from the Intel-provided GUI to the one in the Microsoft Store, the "Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management" application. What I don't understand is what powers the back-end, the actual RAID monitoring software or drivers. I assume that's why I am getting the following error preventing the app from launching. The listed error code doesn't map to anything that seems relevant: other than not being able to launch the app to check the settings, everything seems to be running fine.

Additional background:

I run RAID 1 on the computer in question (others run RAID 5 and RAID 10). I set that up in the BIOS (various MoBo's, but this one happens to be MSI, using Intel's Z790 chipset). In order to install Windows, I need to install the RAID drivers from the f6vmdflpy-x64 folder, which is the same process I've used for more than decade. Without the drivers added during install, the Windows installer doesn't even see the drive and won't install. So I know that from the moment of install, it's using the Intel drivers. So far, so good.

Then, once Windows us up and running, I can install the Intel Driver and Support Assistant and the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management apps. The Intel D&SA used to also update RST, but now it seems to ignore it and only address networking and embedded graphics. The Optane Memory and Storage Management app seems to require a current version of the RST software to be able to provide a report on the RAID array and drives.

Also SOMETIMES, the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management starts and runs fine without that error. I think, but I'm not sure, that it runs after a restart or maybe if I manually reinstall the RST from MSI for the motherboard (but those have never changed, so don't understand why it would work after a fresh re-install, then later report that I need to update the drivers as shown in that error message).

Question:

Where am I supposed to get that and how do I keep it up to date, now that the Intel D&SA no longer updates it? I really don't want to have to restart the computer every time I want to check on the RAID drivers. Or am I looking at this all wrong and there's a different way I should handle this now that Intel has changed how this works (like maybe the Intel Optane Memory and Storage Management isn't even the right tool for this)?