Hi,
I just wanted to know if any companies have started to offer hardware raid solutions for notebooks.
I noticed that alienware offered RAID in one of their lines of notebooks. So I called their sales rep and asked. He said oh yes we offer RAID with our notebook it is controlled by the BIOS. So I hung up the phone and thought about it for a second.
I realized controlling it through the BIOS doesn't really mean anything. So I started chatting with their chat support and asked what chipset was used to control the RAID and gave them the example of ICH8R. He could not answer it and told me to call corporate sales. I called them to finally find out their RAID solution is actually software RAID. I am not interested in software RAID.
So I again inquire with the almighty Tom's Hardware forums.
Does anyone know if any notebook/laptop manufacturers are offering notebooks with "real" hardware RAID? If so could you provide me with links to the manufacturers website as well as any other pertinent information you might think is worthy of noting.
Thanks,
Nick
I just wanted to know if any companies have started to offer hardware raid solutions for notebooks.
I noticed that alienware offered RAID in one of their lines of notebooks. So I called their sales rep and asked. He said oh yes we offer RAID with our notebook it is controlled by the BIOS. So I hung up the phone and thought about it for a second.
I realized controlling it through the BIOS doesn't really mean anything. So I started chatting with their chat support and asked what chipset was used to control the RAID and gave them the example of ICH8R. He could not answer it and told me to call corporate sales. I called them to finally find out their RAID solution is actually software RAID. I am not interested in software RAID.
So I again inquire with the almighty Tom's Hardware forums.
Does anyone know if any notebook/laptop manufacturers are offering notebooks with "real" hardware RAID? If so could you provide me with links to the manufacturers website as well as any other pertinent information you might think is worthy of noting.
Thanks,
Nick