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    RAID-0 Laptop SSD's

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Turnyface, Aug 8, 2009.

  1. Turnyface

    Turnyface Notebook Enthusiast

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    Anyone have a link to a good tutorial on how to RAID-0 an SSD? Also, could someone point me in the direction on how to clone an ssd to ssd? Thanks.

    EDIT: I'll be using the ultrabay for my second SSD
     
    Turnyface, Aug 8, 2009
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    sgogeta4 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Lenovo? What laptop? Try searching the forums, RAID0 is the same for HDD and SSD really. If it's supported by your laptop, it will be software RAID and users typically do not notice much benefit in terms of performance (while doubling the chance of failure), hence why it's usually not recommended unless you have specific applications in which you transfer massive files.
     
    sgogeta4, Aug 8, 2009
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    jackluo923 Notebook Virtuoso

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    software RAID0 is almost the same thing as hardware RAID 0. It doesn't sacrifices a lot throughtput and only adds a tiny bit of latency for data transfers, but nothing too significant.
     
    jackluo923, Aug 9, 2009
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    WhiteFireDragon Notebook Evangelist

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    wait, you're trying to set up RAID on laptop?? how is this possible? i'm not sure if you know this or not but just in case you don't, RAID requires at least two drive (best if they're identical drives) to set it up. which laptops have two slots for a 2.5" HD or SSD? and even if they do have two or more slots for storage, you still need drivers/software for the motherboard/OS. laptops can't really be built from scratch so you're depending on the company to give you those drivers, which dell, HP, toshiba, etc, definitely won't give you for laptops. for desktops, it's very common to see RAID, but not on the notebook level.

    i didn't specifically read this anywhere, but what i know from laptops and arrays and how they work makes this reasonable to me. if i'm wrong on any of this, someone please correct me
     
    WhiteFireDragon, Aug 9, 2009
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  5. Turnyface

    Turnyface Notebook Enthusiast

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    The ThinkPad W500 two hdd / sdd's through the ultraslim bay with an adapter. I have both the second ssd and the adapter.
     
    Turnyface, Aug 9, 2009
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    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    If the chipset does not specifically advertise RAID capability, you'll be stuck with software RAID. The main system partition cannot be installed on the RAID0 partition, but everything else can.

    You can download and run CPU-Z, which will tell you what north and south bridges the computer has. Look that up with Intel's website if you need to.

    The only Intel chipsets that support RAID usually end with a DO or an R.
     
    Greg, Aug 9, 2009
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    tc2007 Notebook Consultant

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    If your Mobo chipset supports raid, you should see the options it while booting.

    I had a Dell E6500 not too long ago, and it had that option (only visible when the 2nd HDD is plugged in on the bay).

    Do you see it?
     
    tc2007, Aug 12, 2009
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