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    RAID Questions M14xR2

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by blindpet, Feb 4, 2015.

  1. blindpet

    blindpet Notebook Consultant

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    I recently had my mSATA drive fail and am now looking at setting up RAID with a regular 1 TB hard drive, 120 GB mSATA SSD and the WD Black 2 1 TB + 120 GB SSD Hybrid drive.

    I would like to RAID 1 the mSATA and 120 GB SSD from the hybrid. I'd also like to RAID 1 the regular 1 TB hard drive and the 1 TB portion of the WD Black 2.

    From what I have read you are supposed to use identical drives in RAID arrays but isn't it possible without. Is my desired setup completely impossible?
     
    blindpet, Feb 4, 2015
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  2. Alienware-Wasserman

    Alienware-Wasserman Company Representative

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    In order for the RAID 1 to be successful, you need to have both drives being the same size and same model. Otherwise you might run into some integrity issues, depending on the brand.
    Personally, I don't recommend the mixture of the mSATA and the Hybrid SSD.
     
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