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    2.5" USB 3.0 Dual drive RAID 0?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by cheopsd, Jun 6, 2012.

  1. cheopsd

    cheopsd Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,

    I've got 2 x 500gb 7200 rpm hard drives and I was thinking of getting a dual drive enclosure that could allow me to use a RAID 0 on them.

    I want to make sure I get full performance out of a RAID 0 and no bottleneck transfering on USB or eSata.

    I've seen the SYBA SY-ENC25024 but I'm so not convinced the product is that good.


    Have you guys tried different enclosures?
     
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    cheopsd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I forgot, I've also been looking at different benchmark tests and the eSata overall seems to handle better small files than USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 although for large file transfers, USB 3.0 was a tad faster.

    I don't know what to think of that - I don't know what transfer speed I would get?
     
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    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    What kind of work files are you going to be storing/accessing on the drive? Large files like videos or something else? You going to be moving things on and off a lot?
     
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    Marecki_clf Homo laptopicus

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    Try looking at Welland ME-280J (although it's USB2/eSATA). I use it's bigger brother via eSATA (both use the same bridge/controller Micron JMB352) and I've never experienced any transfer bottleneck.
     
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    cheopsd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'll be using the drives for both large and small files.

    I checked the Welland Dual drive. Overall it seems to be a good product. Maybe their next product will have USB 3.0

    Thanks
     
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    cheopsd Notebook Enthusiast

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    I found this one too with USB 3.0
    Welcome to BYTECC

    I don't know the company and whether their products are reliable or not.
     
    cheopsd, Jun 7, 2012
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