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    Sony AR RAID

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by bpdski, Mar 15, 2007.

  1. bpdski

    bpdski Newbie

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    Does anyone have a new Sony AR notebook with RAID? I have one without RAID and am wondering if I can setup RAID on this. The problem is I don't see it in the BIOS or during POST. I hope I am missing something and they didn't disable it in the BIOS when the hardward clearly supports it.

    Thanks,
    Brian
     
    bpdski, Mar 15, 2007
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  2. mikeymike

    mikeymike Notebook Evangelist

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    as far as i know only the AR290 (Canada) has 2x 100g HD in RAID.
     
    mikeymike, Mar 15, 2007
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  3. bpdski

    bpdski Newbie

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    The 370 and 270 seem to on their website also. I would think they all use the same motherboard to keep costs down, so I'm just trying to find someone that has one and see if they can help me figure out how it's configured.

    Thanks,
    - Brian
     
    bpdski, Mar 16, 2007
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    titan_psp Notebook Enthusiast

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    yes u can set up raid as soon as u have 2 hdd install in the raid array
    just turn on the computer
    go to start>all program>intel matrix storage control
    then it will have 2 option for u
    raid0 or raid1
    choose whatever u like
     
    titan_psp, Mar 17, 2007
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  5. bpdski

    bpdski Newbie

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    thanks titan, does this mean that Sony is using software RAID? that seems kind of risky for the RAID 0 solution that they're selling. i have only dealt with hardware solutions where you setup the RAID volume in the BIOS and then install the OS on the RAID volume.

    thanks,
    Brian
     
    bpdski, Mar 19, 2007
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    I tried putting 2 drives in my computer, but no luck. There is not option in the BIOS for RAID and the Intel Matrix Storage Console has no RAID option. It just shows the disks with "No actions available" for anything I click on. I guess that even though the chipset supports it, Sony has decided to lock out the RAID functionality. If anyone has any other suggestions, I'd love to try them.

    Thanks,
    Brian
     
    bpdski, Jun 20, 2007
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