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    Studio 17 - 2 hdds in raid 1. Possible?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by yomamasfavourite, Nov 23, 2008.

  1. yomamasfavourite

    yomamasfavourite Notebook Evangelist

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    Hi

    Title pretty much says it all.
    I'm thinking of buying one for someone who would need the extra security of raid one.

    Hence I was wondering is it possible to buy one with two hdd's and change the settings to run it in raid 1 (parity) ?

    As far as I can see the two hdd's are normally running in raid 0, so there must be a raid controller, either software or hardware.

    Any thoughts would be appreciated.

    Cheers.
     
    yomamasfavourite, Nov 23, 2008
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  2. Clutch

    Clutch cute and cuddly boys

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    If the BIOS allows it.
     
    Clutch, Nov 23, 2008
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    Oh okay, cheers :)

    So does anyone know if the bios allows it?
     
    yomamasfavourite, Nov 23, 2008
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    There are no options for raid configuration in the Studio 1735 bios (at least not in the current version).
    You could run a software raid under Vista though....

    however, running raid 0 on a home machine (especially a laptop) in real-world scenarios will show only minor performance improvements; if any at all.

    It's just not worth the trouble.
     
    steb, Nov 24, 2008
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