Comments on: 320GB striped array (RAID 0) in a Macbook Pro

By: Vlad

Vlad — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:58:05 +0000

hey , I am about to perform this mod on my macbook pro (feb 2007) but through an optical drive caddy from NEWMODE . I plan to put a Seagate 7200 500gb Sata in the caddy which has an sata to pata interface. That should work, right? And another thing : Do you think the second hard- drive could be connected to the pci express port (internally) ?

Thanks!

By: echeng

echeng — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:54:32 +0000

I just updated to two Intel X25-M 160GB SSDs, striped. 530MB/s sequential read!

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 18:14:29 +0000

i have the new macbook pro (2nd) gen if you will the one that came out october 14, 2008 and i want to do this! i already took out the 250gb hdd and replaced it with a WD 500gb Scorpio Blue, i now want to take out the optical dvd superdrive and install an other WD 500gb HDD, if anyone could guild be on what i need EG: like connectors cables and just general help i would be willing to pay 20$ on paypal! thank you

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By: echeng

echeng — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:04:22 +0000

Ben – I don’t think it is unless you go with 100GB drives. As A.Carl said, above, the 2nd slot is PATA. As far as I know, there are no 7200rpm PATA drives larger than 100GB in capacity.

By: Ben Lanois

Ben Lanois — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:06:02 +0000

Eric-

Do you think this is possible with 7200rpm drives? I'm a noob when it comes to SATA/PATA, etc., so I don't even know if 7200rpm exists in the format the drives need to be for RAID 0. I currently have a 7200rpm Seagate drive in my computer - Would I have to switch it out in order to install two drives as an array?

Thanks,

Ben

By: A.Carl

A.Carl — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:39:59 +0000

You should mention in your “review” that MCE Optibay is only for PATA disks. Good thing to remember since most new 2.5″ HD is SATA with a totally different connector. My MCE Optibay didn’t fit my new WD 320GB 2.5″ HD… :(

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By: Mike Benner

Mike Benner — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:42:49 +0000

Do the drives have to be identical or can I use two different brands as long as the RPM and GB are the same?