IDE-RAID With Notebook Drives: Quick And Quiet

Benchmark Results

Data Transfer Performance Diagrams

Fujitsu MHN2300AT

As expected, both 2.5" drives provide just about the same performance. The maximum sequential read rate is about 20 MB/s and stays at > 10 MB/s at the end of the medium - that's quite a good result for a notebook drive.

2x Fujitsu MHN2150AT - RAID Mode 0

HD Tach 2.61 doesn't seem to like our 2.5" drive array, because the results varied quite a bit. That's why we had to switch to the Disc Inspection Test of WinBench 99 2.0.

Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.