Set Linux io scheduler to noop echo noop > /sys/block/sdb/queue/scheduler echo noop > /sys/block/sdc/queue/scheduler Set Linux queue configurations for SSD: echo 4096 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/nr_requests echo 1024 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/max_sectors_kb echo 1 > /sys/block/sdb/queue/nomerges echo 512 > /sys/block/sdb/device/queue_depth echo 4096 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/nr_requests echo 1024 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/max_sectors_kb echo 1 > /sys/block/sdc/queue/nomerges echo 512 > /sys/block/sdc/device/queue_depth Use Linux Software RAID-0 across cards: mdadm --create --verbose /dev/md0 --level=stripe --raid-devices=2 /dev/sdb /dev/sdc mkfs.ext4 /dev/md0 Add to /etc/fstab and mount: mkdir /data echo "/dev/md0 /data ext4 noatime 0 0" >> /etc/fstab mount /data