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    P172X FX RAID or not

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Comp_XPS_001, Jun 3, 2008.

  1. Comp_XPS_001

    Comp_XPS_001 Newbie

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    I am going to get the P172X FX and am wondering should I get the RAID option or no. Simple as that.

    Thanks,
    Ravi
     
    Comp_XPS_001, Jun 3, 2008
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    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    You can set it up later if you want to.
     
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    Danja Notebook Evangelist

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    Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure RAID 0 involves splitting the data and reading/writing to and from both hard drives simultaneously. This increases performance but if one hard drive crashes, the data on the other isn't recoverable because it only has about a half of each file. I'm thinking about getting the notebook and if I do I'm not getting RAID. I don't think the performance boost is worth risking the loss of all of my data. Besides, it's 7200 RPM anyway...
     
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  4. Deathscythe622

    Deathscythe622 Notebook Enthusiast

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    you can choose. some people have said that theirs did not come setup in raid, mine did. I do not know what the standard is. The performance boost is nice if you are doing something that involves a lot of reading and writing to the harddrive. if you are not you probably wont see the difference. In any case, you can get a 500 gig external drive for a back up for around 150 anyway...
     
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