Comments on: 1 Terabyte raid in my 17″ Mac Book Pro http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/ the weblog of Damien Stolarz Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:47:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Deemoss http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 Deemoss Wed, 27 May 2009 18:28:31 +0000 http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/#comment-1203 Great! Have you had significant performance improvement in comparison to single drive? So you are using 1 SATA and 1 PATA drives mixed into RAID 0? How has the battery life/noise/heat changed since? Cheers Great!

Have you had significant performance improvement in comparison to single drive?

So you are using 1 SATA and 1 PATA drives mixed into RAID 0?

How has the battery life/noise/heat changed since?

Cheers

]]> By: MarceloR http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-1197 MarceloR Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:35:48 +0000 http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/#comment-1197 Why buy an "OptiBay" from these folks when you can get a Thinkpad "UltraBay" SATA hard disc adapter from IBM/Lenovo for half the price? Yeah, it's the same. Why buy an “OptiBay” from these folks when you can get a Thinkpad “UltraBay” SATA hard disc adapter from IBM/Lenovo for half the price? Yeah, it’s the same.

]]> By: Damien Stolarz http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-1196 Damien Stolarz Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:03:10 +0000 http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/#comment-1196 Hey I checked out ElephantDrive.com. I think that might work. The 1GB / 2GB file limits might be a problem though - a lot of mac files are bigger than that... bundles would be fine, but all my video wouldn't get backed up. Hey I checked out ElephantDrive.com. I think that might work. The 1GB / 2GB file limits might be a problem though – a lot of mac files are bigger than that… bundles would be fine, but all my video wouldn’t get backed up.

]]> By: cj little http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-1195 cj little Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:18:15 +0000 http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/#comment-1195 Very cool Damien! Makes me want to crack my 15" unibody MBP and do the same. But I would go with RAID 0 to mirror the drives. At least I think I would. Where can we squeeze a third drive so we can run striping with parity on a three disk setup? You should backup all your data however - and into the cloud no less. I'd recommend you do it right now btw. Try ElephantDrive.com and let me know what you think. We have worked hard to make online backups as easy as possible. Let me know your thoughts. Very cool Damien! Makes me want to crack my 15″ unibody MBP and do the same. But I would go with RAID 0 to mirror the drives. At least I think I would. Where can we squeeze a third drive so we can run striping with parity on a three disk setup?

You should backup all your data however – and into the cloud no less. I’d recommend you do it right now btw. Try ElephantDrive.com and let me know what you think. We have worked hard to make online backups as easy as possible. Let me know your thoughts.

]]> By: nycdesigner http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/comment-page-1/#comment-1194 nycdesigner Mon, 02 Feb 2009 15:56:28 +0000 http://www.damienstolarz.com/2009/01/13/1-terabyte-raid-in-my-17-mac-book-pro/#comment-1194 Nice hack! I would personally go for the two 500Gb drives instead of the 1Tb, since it is not very safe. These cheapo drives (unless you have the Seagate Barracudas) are not designed for poweruser use. On another note, though, I have an MBA v2 and already had a Panasonic VW-BN1 superdrive that I got with my HD camcorder. A year ago J&R was selling it for $99. But the link on the Panasonic site is : http://tinyurl.com/anxssb Ignore the $199 retail price. And this "universal" USB superdrive has better specs than the MBA version! It has worked perfectly. One caveat, that also could explain its better specs/reliability: it uses an included power adapter. Nice hack! I would personally go for the two 500Gb drives instead of the 1Tb, since it is not very safe. These cheapo drives (unless you have the Seagate Barracudas) are not designed for poweruser use.

On another note, though, I have an MBA v2 and already had a Panasonic VW-BN1 superdrive that I got with my HD camcorder. A year ago J&R was selling it for $99. But the link on the Panasonic site is : http://tinyurl.com/anxssb

Ignore the $199 retail price. And this “universal” USB superdrive has better specs than the MBA version! It has worked perfectly. One caveat, that also could explain its better specs/reliability: it uses an included power adapter.

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