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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell
Good idea, but would that take care of the stuttering/freezing issues with MLC drives I've heard about??? I wouldn't think so.. And wouldn't RAID0 confuse the piss out of the algo the drive uses??
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Momentus XTs use SLC memory. No, it works fine with the algorithm.
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So for the price of one 128GB SSD, you can purchase two Momentus XT drives, run them in a RAID 0 configuration, almost match the speed, and get eight times the storage. I don't know about you, but a terabyte of storage with speeds almost as fast an SSD, sure sounds great to me. When it comes to buying a hard drive, I look for price and for performance. On that note, I?m very impressed with Momentus XT. It?s been great testing this new device and I definitely recommend it.
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http://www.overclockersclub.com/revi...t_500gb/12.htm
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According to Seagate using these drives in RAID arrays is not supported.
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Thank you for choosing Seagate. These drives are not designed or intended to be used in a RAID configuration, and the drives are working as designed. I would recommend using an ES or Enterprise drive, as the firmware in those drives are designed and better suited for RAID use. Basically, you are attempting to use the drives in a manner that was not intended, nor can be supported. If the drives pass Seatools and this issue only occurs in your RAID configuration, then the drives are fine.
Please let us know if you have any other questions. Thank you again for choosing Seagate and have a great day!
Bryan
Seagate Technical Support
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There is a firmware upgrade now that may fix some of the lagging issues people reported and improve RAID support. I have seen several people write about setting up these drives in a RAID 0 configuration with great results.
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Momentu...m-p/56055#M394