Laptop with hardware raid

[yinan]

Anyone know of any laptops that support really good hardware raid? I am also looking for the capability to have 8GB+ ram, an i7 quad, and 2 or 3 drives.

 

[MJinZ]

Plenty of higher end ones do. Check out Sager, Clevo, Alienware etc. Higher end Dells and stuff too.

 

[yinan]

AW and Dell only use motherboard based raid. I have an AW M17x but I do not think I am getting the full potential from my drives.

 

[corkyg]

Why not switch to SSD?

 

[Emulex]

hp envy 15 can come with dual 160gb SSD.

why do you need raid? you realize without hardware raid controller you are doing software raid. so you might as well just do o/s level software raid.

intel matrix raid IS SOFTWARE RAID.

 

[yinan]

Why not switch to SSD?

I did That is why I do not think I am getting the full performance from my drives. Running 2x256 RAID 0.

I know the Intel raid sucks that is why I am looking for a laptop with a real raid controller.

 

[GarfieldtheCat]

Why would you want to use RAID 0 on a laptop? There is a greater risk with all the moving around of the laptop that a HD could fail, making you lose all your data. Doesn't seem like a good idea, IMHO.

Buy an intel SSD is you really want better performance.

 

[corkyg]

A hardware RAID requires 2 or more drives. Not many lappies have that. I can't see where RAID will buy you anything noticeable in your work. RAID 0 is truly a loser for a laptop. Your performance quest reminds me of Don Quixote de la Mancha.

 

[yinan]

You can now buy a Dell laptop with 3 drives.

With SSD there is much less risk of a drive failing. I have 2 drives that are rated for 250/200 each but in RAID 0 I am only getting about 200 read. So I have a feeling it is a controller problem/bottleneck.

If I am pushing what the laptop can handle with this less expensive drive, then the Intel one doesnt make sense.

The Alienware M17x that I have currently has 2 drive bays with 2 SSDs.

It is not only for work but I do alot of movie encoding/ripping and virtualization and I do not like my drives being limited.

 

[DivideBYZero]

It's going to need wheels and maybe it's own source of propulsion...

 

[corkyg]

It is not only for work but I do alot of movie encoding/ripping and virtualization and I do not like my drives being limited.

Unfortunately, there will always be limits no matter what the technology or array.

 

[yinan]

So maybe I will go to my solution of duct taping an UPS, and KVM to something like a HP DL380 :sneaky: