3 disks on W520.

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iThinkSL · #1 Post by **iThinkSL** » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:28 pm

Is it possible setup 3 disks? Primary is mSata SSD, secondary replacing 500Gb HDD to SSD and third replacing DVD drive bay with HDD or SSD?
Does it works?

#2 Post by **ZaZ** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 3:11 am

It does.

Rochefort · #3 Post by **Rochefort** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 8:36 am

With a Raid option W520 http://www.storagereview.com/lenovo_thi ... 520_review

wkw · #4 Post by **wkw** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 9:37 am

Considering Lenovo advertises that it has a msata connector, a main sata connector, and an optional drive in the optional adapter, one could only assume that it is posible.

jdrou · #5 Post by **jdrou** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 5:52 pm

Rochefort wrote:With a Raid option W520 http://www.storagereview.com/lenovo_thi ... 520_review

Note that RAID is only available if you buy the system with it. You can't just add a drive later and activate RAID.

jcvjcvjcvjcv · #6 Post by **jcvjcvjcvjcv** » Tue Dec 18, 2012 11:57 pm

Yes you can.

On top of that you can add a drive using eSata, you can add a SDHC card, you can add numerous USB drives, you can add an Expresscard with eSata ports (and attached drives), and you can add a drive using firewire.

If only looking at Sata you can get to 6 drives total when using the Expresscard slot for a 2 port (e)Sata card.

Keep in mind that the mSata connector is not SATA-600, so if you're after the highest 1MB sequential read scores...

wkw · #7 Post by **wkw** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 9:23 am

Unless you are going to be putting in a 128gb msata, sata2 is by far good enough. They are intended for cache memory, afterall.

jcvjcvjcvjcv · #8 Post by **jcvjcvjcvjcv** » Wed Dec 19, 2012 3:43 pm

Eh no...

It's just a smaller formfactor. Crucial sells the M4's also with mSata. I have the 256GB one, and it works perfect. Documents on the HDD, Programs on the SSD.

wkw · #9 Post by **wkw** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 9:16 am

By programs, you'd benifit the most by putting windows on the SSD.. But it all depends how much you want to spend on an SSD. 64GB is very marginal for a boot drive, and anything less is near impossible to put windows on. I'd understand if you wanted to put programs on a 4-16gb ssd, though

jcvjcvjcvjcv · #10 Post by **jcvjcvjcvjcv** » Thu Dec 20, 2012 10:04 am

By 'programs' I mean Windows itself, Office, SolidWorks, etc. etc. etc.

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