Optibay + SSD = Reduction in speed?

[danetello]

I currently have got a 1TB 12.5mm hard drive in my Macbook Pro (2010 model). I have just bought an optibay and was planning to use my 1TB hard drive with it, and an SSD as the main boot hard drive. But then I realised that it would only accept a 9.5mm high hard drive . So I wanted to know if I installed the optibay with an SSD as the boot drive, would it be as fast as if I put it into the original hard drive bay?

 

[skorpien]

It should be. The location has nothing to do with the speed of the drives. If they're both SATA connections, it should give you SATA speeds regardless of placement.

 

[tjb1]

Yes they are both 3Gb sata connections.

 

[kuebby]

You can't boot from the drive in the optibay. I haven't done it myself but many others have reported kernel panics and infinite failed boots when they tried to boot from their optibay drive.

 

[tjb1]

You can't boot from the drive in the optibay. I haven't done it myself but many others have reported kernel panics and infinite failed boots when they tried to boot from their optibay drive.

Im booting from optibay right now, been problem free for a while now.

 

[kuebby]

Im booting from optibay right now, been problem free for a while now.

Fair enough, but it has been a problem for some people, here's a quote from the LifeHacker guide to installing a 2nd drive:

Update: It seems that connecting the SSD to the optical drive slot will give you problems waking from sleep, since the MacBook doesn't look to that SATA port for your main drive. I did not notice this before, as I don't sleep my computer. So, instead of installing your SSD in the Optibay, you'll want to disconnect your regular hard drive, install the SSD in that slot, and then install your old drive in the Optibay and continue as written.

Guide here: http://lifehacker.com/#!5541774/how-to-install-a-solid+state-drive-in-your-macbook

 

[Christian81]

Fair enough, but it has been a problem for some people, here's a quote from the LifeHacker guide to installing a 2nd drive:

Update: It seems that connecting the SSD to the optical drive slot will give you problems waking from sleep, since the MacBook doesn't look to that SATA port for your main drive. I did not notice this before, as I don't sleep my computer. So, instead of installing your SSD in the Optibay, you'll want to disconnect your regular hard drive, install the SSD in that slot, and then install your old drive in the Optibay and continue as written.

Guide here: http://lifehacker.com/#!5541774/how-to-install-a-solid+state-drive-in-your-macbook

There has been several conversations on here that this is a SSD problem not necessarily an optibay issue. I know some people who have just replaced there primary drive have reported the same sleep/wake issue

 

[Heilage]

You can't boot from the drive in the optibay. I haven't done it myself but many others have reported kernel panics and infinite failed boots when they tried to boot from their optibay drive.

I've been going almost a year, two different computers, all booting from the SSD in the OptiBay.

 

[tjb1]

There has been several conversations on here that this is a SSD problem not necessarily an optibay issue. I know some people who have just replaced there primary drive have reported the same sleep/wake issue

That sleep/wake issue is most likely the fault of the 343 firmware.

 

[jwilcox09]

I have the optibay's cousin from OWC and an SSD as the boot and its crazy fast how it boots up, but I've also noticed the sleep/wake issue several times, but not enough to be an issue.

 

[wiregen]

I have a 160GB intel SSD in the optibay slot I've been running since summer '10 and its been great. Sleep is fine, just make sure to disable hibernation.