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    SuperRaid 2

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Cabal01, Nov 19, 2013.

  1. Cabal01

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    Hi All- I'm aiming to buy the GT60 3K edition from XoticPC: XOTIC PC | MSI GT60 2OD-261US , but I am little confused about SuperRaid 2. Was hoping some of you GT60/70 experts could help me clarify a couple things :)

    MSI says that SuperRaid 2 helps achieve storage speeds of 1500MB/s: MSI Global GT60 2OD 3K IPS Edition

    XoticPC offers a configuration of the 3K edition with 3x 256GB Samsung PM841 mSATA and I am wondering if I'll get SuperRaid 2 with this combo. According to Xotic, "Super Raid 2 is a Raid 0 configuration spread across three mSATA SSD and the fact that’s it’s called Super Raid 2 is just a name for the configuration. They enable this by using a three way mSATA 6gb/s adapter, but it’s still just a Raid 0 configuration and any three like mSATA SSD installed into the system that supports three mSATA SSD can be put into that raid 0 configuration and the Samsung drives you reference are included in that."

    And then I also read that MSI put a special proprietary module into their laptops for SuperRaid 2 so it's a combination of RAID0 + Module.

    What do you think? Would I really get that storage speed or am I missing something here?
     
    Cabal01, Nov 19, 2013
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  2. Meaker@Sager

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    The super raid 2 adapter sits in a 2.5" bay using a special connector onto the motherboard that provides 3 mSATA bays each with a full SATA gen 3 connection so the each drive will be able to operate at full speed.
     
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    Thanks for the info! So if Xotic says they can put all 3 Samsung SSDs into RAID0, does it mean SuperRaid 2 is supported then and will be achieved?
     
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  4. Support.3@XOTIC PC

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    Yes SuperRAID 2 will work regardless of which mSATA drives are put in there, its the adapter they are going into that makes it possible.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Nov 20, 2013
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    As far as the system is concerned each drive is its own entity so treat it as if you have 3 regular drives in the adapter along with the 2.5" bay and optical bay in a desktop.
     
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    Would you treat it as 3 regular drives? In RAID 0 you treat it as one large drive.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Nov 20, 2013
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    I would treat it as 3 regular drives that I could put in any mode I liked, raid 0 or 5 or separate, just because it's called the super raid adapter does not mean you are forced to run them in raid.
     
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    I get what you're saying now "you" would treat them that way, I was thinking how they would appear in Windows as one large drive if in RAID 0.
     
    Support.3@XOTIC PC, Nov 20, 2013
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