What is Super Raid 2?

[Hassan_92]

I bought a new gaming Laptop MSI GE62QF Apache Pro the specs are:
i7:Skylace
16GB Ram
GTX 970
1TB HDD
with optional Super Raid 2
my question is how can i fit the Super Raid 2,Should i buy,what is it?
Srry for being a newbie 😀

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[JaredDM]

Super RAID 2 is three mSATA SSDs in a RAID 0 array. It'll make the HDD access nominally faster, though likely not that much faster as it'll only affect sequential read/writes mostly. I doubt you'll notice much speed difference, and if you do go with it be sure to have a good backup plan as any one SSD failure will lead to total data loss.

 

[Hassan_92]

Super RAID 2 is three mSATA SSDs in a RAID 0 array. It'll make the HDD access nominally faster, though likely not that much faster as it'll only affect sequential read/writes mostly. I doubt you'll notice much speed difference, and if you do go with it be sure to have a good backup plan as any one SSD failure will lead to total data loss.

thank u for fast reply,So Super Raid 2 is 3 SSD 128 GB in Raid 0 right? wt if i plan on buying only 2 SSD is that posiible?
& any SSD is compatible or should pick based on my Laptop Models?

 

[06yfz450ridr]

on msi laptops for this to work you need 2 msata ssds and it appears you can use the regular hdd as well. not worth it as msata ssds are expensive, a single ssd is more than fast enough and you wont have to worry about tripling your chances of losing everything

 

[Hassan_92]

on msi laptops for this to work you need 2 msata ssds and it appears you can use the regular hdd as well. not worth it as msata ssds are expensive, a single ssd is more than fast enough and you wont have to worry about tripling your chances of losing everything

So i should purchase 1 SSD 128GB and installed it on my Laptop right? & when done should i reinstall my windows from local disk C: To SSD at least will make windows faster right?
why i asked the question becuz my laptop performs fantastic in Gaming No problem at all,the olny problem i hv is while transfering Data CD to Destop,USB to Destop, ect..... it makes my whole laptop SLOW as Hell thats why was planning on SSD

 

[JaredDM]

If your OS is currently on a HDD, then you should definitely go to an SSD. You'll see a 5X increase in OS and program load times going that way. Adding more SSDs into a RAID isn't a very good choice in my opinion, and has virtually no effect on gaming. Also keep in mind that SSDs are a RAID in themselves with multiple NANDs and multiple internal NANDs per physical chip. So a 250GB SSD often is already essentially the same as two 120GB's in RAID 0. Only difference is it shares a single mSATA port. Putting them into a RAID 0 is just adding in a lot more chances that it'll fail and you'll lose all data.

 

[Hassan_92]

If your OS is currently on a HDD, then you should definitely go to an SSD. You'll see a 5X increase in OS and program load times going that way. Adding more SSDs into a RAID isn't a very good choice in my opinion, and has virtually no effect on gaming. Also keep in mind that SSDs are a RAID in themselves with multiple NANDs and multiple internal NANDs per physical chip. So a 250GB SSD often is already essentially the same as two 120GB's in RAID 0. Only difference is it shares a single mSATA port. Putting them into a RAID 0 is just adding in a lot more chances that it'll fail and you'll lose all data.

Aha okey so u r saying 1 250GB SSD is better the 2 120GB SSD placed in Raid 0 right?So my final step should be Buying 250GB SSD (Which will be placed in Raid 0) the result would be VERY less chances of being fail and loss of data?

 

[JaredDM]

You can't have a single SSD in RAID anything. RAID always requires at least two. But, yes you'll be better off just getting a single larger SSD than doing the RAID in my opinion.

 

[Hassan_92]

You can't have a single SSD in RAID anything. RAID always requires at least two. But, yes you'll be better off just getting a single larger SSD than doing the RAID in my opinion.

aha okey got it Suppose i got 1 SSD will my laptop support it right so Super raid 2 means ,Any SSD can be placed but if its 2 or more should go on Raid 0 if its only 1 then it goes to Raid right ? 😀 😀 😀

 

[06yfz450ridr]

definitely just get a single ssd 240gb or bigger

 

[Hassan_92]

if i get a single bigger SSD where would it fit?if not in raid?