Can we setup raid on notebook?

[life24]

Hello,
Can we setup raid on notebook?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

If the notebook has enough drive bays, sure.

 

[corkyg]

Specifically, the notebook must have two or more drives internally.

 

[smitbret]

With something like FlexRAID or SnapRAID you could set up RAID from USB external drives.

 

[corkyg]

With something like FlexRAID or SnapRAID you could set up RAID from USB external drives.

That is true, however, why would you want a notebook that is tied down? Further, that would also indicate that the notebook should be on AC power and not battery. Doesn't that degrade the purpose of a notebook?

 

[life24]

The important is motherboard. the MB should support raid. is this true?

 

[smitbret]

That is true, however, why would you want a notebook that is tied down? Further, that would also indicate that the notebook should be on AC power and not battery. Doesn't that degrade the purpose of a notebook?

I didn't say it was a good idea......

Just doable.

 

[smitbret]

The important is motherboard. the MB should support raid. is this true?

Doubtful. I've only ever broken open 1 laptop and didn't even look for SATA ports. I doubt you'd find the 3+ that would be necessary to run RAID. Even then, the BIOS would have to be written to support it and fat chance of that happening.

 

[corkyg]

In a previous post, you ID'd your laptop as Asus n43jf. If your requirement is RAID on the motherboard, ... no. These are the specs:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834220874

 

[razel]

If the laptop supports hardware RAID, they'll definitely design it to have 2 drive bays. If hardware support is not possible you can software RAID using Windows. Even with software RAID If you don't have 2 drive bays but have a DVD-ROM, DVD/CD HDD caddys still exist as an option, but often it does not have SATA III support.

However with SSDs already being massively parallel, affordable for the performance, and amazingly low latency, raiding them will only get you higher bandwidth or another way to get more storage as a single disk. By the way RAIDing SSDs will more often negatively affect latency. I wouldn't even bother to RAID laptop HDDs. I'd just do what I can to save money for an SSD.