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    raid0 sata with msata

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by biosandpolitia, Nov 5, 2013.

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    hello everyone,
    i have msi ge60 ond and i was wondering if it is possible to replace the hdd with an ssd and put a msata ssd in the provided slot to raid0 them.
    If it is possible what are the differences between a raid0 with both sata slots.
    thank you
     
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    thank you for your response.no either i did not really get what was written on this thread or it trully did not answer my questions.I do not want advice on which ssd i should buy as i am firstly concerned about if sata and msata work together without any problem for raid0.If that is solved and ok then i will work on what ssd i should buy.
    thank you again
     
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    Yes I understood you correctly. You can fiddle with any configuration you like and probably get it to work as long as the motherboard supports it. Check your manufacturer.

    The question is why, if you're already booting from an SSD? Putting the system into RAID with SSDs isn't necessarily the best choice; SSDs are plenty fast.
     
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    no i do not own an ssd yet.i want to replace my hdd with one ssd with sata slot and put another in the msata slot as my laptop doesn't have 2 sata slots
     
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    I don't like to tell people what to do unless I'm absolutely certain of what the outcome will be.

    So let me be direct with this and tell you what to do:

    Buy your preferred SSD and see what happens; I guarantee you will love it, period!!!

    If you are underwhelmed I'll be very surprised. Then you can start looking for an mSATA SSD and "maybe" RAIDing it.
     
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    i know i won't be disappointed i have an ssd in my desktop and it is great.i really do not want to find the best money/performance here i just want to spice a little the things up.i do not think i even need these raid0 speeds.Ofc i have not made my mind up when i posted this thread so yea buying just 1 sdd is surely a good solution.But these questions came to my mind even if it is only for the knowledge.thank you
     
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    The GE60 has a SATA III controller for the mSATA slot as well so you should be able to RAID those two drives. There's a few threads on NBR that I read where people did that. You have to remember though that with RAID 0, if your drives are of different sizes, you are going to have the smaller drive x 2 the total RAID'ed size. Also, many say that you can run into trouble if you RAID drives that aren't from the same manufacturer. I don't have enough experience with RAID to comment about that.

    But yes, it can be done just as with two regular SATA III drives.
     
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