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    Seagate Momentus XT in Raid 0

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by WinlockTim, Oct 7, 2010.

  1. WinlockTim

    WinlockTim Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have been reading on a few sites that the drives do not work well in when in a raid 0 config. This seems to be due to the APM that is in the drives firmware.

    Momentus XT does NOT support RAID! - Seagate Community Forums

    I recently bought a NP8760 that are set up in a raid-0. I should be receiving my new lappy on monday. Has others had this problem with these drives?
     
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    Anyone? Perhaps they all work well. Could someone give me some ideas on how it works please.
     
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    afaik a few guys over in the hardware sections tried using the xt's in raid0.
    iirc they got it to work but did not notice any performance benefits.
    i was also thinking of going raid0 with 2xt's and a caddy on my 8690 but decided not to after reading their posts
     
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    I have had no trouble with mine. I don't really see any sort of speed increase though.
     
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    Thanks very much for the imput. Segar is setting up the raid, so I would assume they know how to make it work correctly.
     
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    trvelbug, Oct 9, 2010
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