2011 15" MBP Raid 0 setup

[vasir]

Here is quickbench 4.0 benchmark results from 2 x 480G Intel 520 SSD running Raid 0.
So far so good ....

 

[jcampbell1070]

im guessing thats the late 2011 model with 2 6G slots.

 

[jetjaguar]

wow nice

 

[Freyqq]

wow...

 

[Tritons]

1Gb/s Not bad at all.

 

[vasir]

im guessing thats the late 2011 model with 2 6G slots.

Yes and third sata cable. Lots of issues with the first 2 cables.

 

[Adensmore]

Cables

What type (manufacturer) of cables did you use and where did you order them from?

 

[xra]

32 or 64 Bit?

Here is quickbench 4.0 benchmark results from 2 x 480G Intel 520 SSD running Raid 0.
So far so good ....

Good to see this is working now. I have late 2011 MBP 8,2 and tried this before but the RAID 0 was very unstable and did not work. The RAID drive would disappear and reappear in finder and Disk Utility showed it as an invalid drive. I was booted into Snow Leopard 64 Bit kernel at the time, but never tried 32 Bit. What kernel were you booted into when you got these results?

 

[dylin]

Mirin' hard. would like to buy a 2nd SSD for my macbook, but dont feel the need to

 

[xra]

RAID 0 MBP 15" & 17" 6GB Link Speed Achieved

My suspicions have been confirmed about the unreliably of the 6gb link speed for MBP in the Optibay of being EMI related. I am trying this shielding method now, but not to this man's extremes. I'll let you know how my less intrusive method works.You can check out his link here.

https://sites.google.com/site/themacbookproproject/

 

[Dangerous Theory]

Here is quickbench 4.0 benchmark results from 2 x 480G Intel 520 SSD running Raid 0.
So far so good ....

Damn that's nice. What about real-world speeds though? Does every program open instantly without bouncing on the dock?

 

[simoism]

I'll let you know how my less intrusive method works.

How did you go?

This guy seems to have got it to work through no special tricks whatsoever (see the 'Part 3' video):

http://www.tldtoday.com/posts/fastest-macbook-pro-on-the-planet-upgrade-series/

 

[Joseph Farrugia]

xra: any news ?

My suspicions have been confirmed about the unreliably of the 6gb link speed for MBP in the Optibay of being EMI related. I am trying this shielding method now, but not to this man's extremes. I'll let you know how my less intrusive method works.You can check out his link here.

https://sites.google.com/site/themacbookproproject/

I'm curious to what steps you took, & how worked out; if you wish to share.

Thanks in advance for any info you might wish to share,
JF