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    unraid RAID0?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by AccessBlog.net, Mar 23, 2011.

  1. AccessBlog.net

    AccessBlog.net Newbie

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    Hi,
    I have Sony Z with 2 SSDs in RAID0. My only concern with it - if one drive fail - then i loose whole RAID0. So i am thinking to make 2 separate drives. I will loose some speed, but gain in recovery, although i am planning to make regular backups. So, any drawback on this solution?

    Thanks
    Alex
     
    AccessBlog.net, Mar 23, 2011
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  2. waleed786

    waleed786 Notebook Evangelist

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    Nope not really any drawbacks as far as I know except loss of speed. I have a Z with quad-raid and I split it so I have 2 drives each in RAID 0. Works fine.
     
    waleed786, Mar 23, 2011
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    xxGenericSNxx Z1 Fanboy

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    Can the two drives be converted to RAID1?
     
    xxGenericSNxx, Mar 23, 2011
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  4. arth1

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    As far as I know, Sony has disabled everything except RAID 0 in the BIOS, despite the controller supporting 0, 1, 01 and JBOD
     
    arth1, Mar 23, 2011
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    But i think you can do so using Windows disk manager
     
    AccessBlog.net, Mar 27, 2011
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    shurcooL Notebook Deity

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    I was using my 2x 64 GB Z with with 2 separate SSDs initially, but then I switched back to RAID0. You gain a lot not just from raid, but from data-write-back caching and other various caching that becomes available. In benchmarks, anyway. In real world usage, even 2 separate SSDs without RAID0 were really fast.

    I'm not too worried about failure because: 1) I trust SSDs not to fail more than HDDs and 2) I only keep temporary working files on my Z, nothing that doesn't have a backup.
     
    shurcooL, Mar 27, 2011
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