Dual msata to 2.5

Ummm...ok, why?

Seems like finding msata drives with large capacity is more difficult than just getting a regular old everyday high capacity sata SSD to start with.
 
Sorry if this will come off as rude, but why does not matter. Msatas are very easy to find online and some have very good prices. I thought this was [H]ard forum where people push things to the limit.

If you have nothing useful to add to the topic please do not reply.
 
Ok, I have not tried it but let us know how it works out.

From what I see, the cheapest msata google could find is 32GB for $50, so for $100 plus the price of the adaptor you get 64GB. You can buy a 120 GB SSD for less than $100. To me it makes no capacity/performance nor even financial sense.
 
I have no experience with this adpater, but I would never buy something like that. If you seek the RAID0 functionionality for performance, any better SATA2 or SATA3 SSD can saturate a SATA2 link already, so there is no need for RAID0 through a SATA2 link. If you want RAID1 for redundancy, something without any user interface (or is it provided by software) is basically a bad solution. How does it even notify you about a failed drive? If JBOD means linear concatenation (like it does with nearly all cheap solutions), you get the drawbacks of RAID0 with none of the advantages. If it means that it will work like a port multiplier it will not work on Intel ports.

If you just want to use mSATA on a SATA port, I suggest something like
http://www.addonics.com/products/adms18sa.php
or
http://www.addonics.com/products/ad25msd.php

Note that the 1.8" variant has a MicroSATA connetor, which is physically incompatible with normal SATA. I plan to get one of the 1.8" for my Laptop, because there are no longer any good 1.8" SSDs.
 
Has anybody used this?

I want to do this, too, but was nervous about it. There wasn't much information about the transfer rates, if it decreases, and reliability. I'd use a dual mSATA to SATA like this:

http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SATA-Cables-Motherboard-PCI/dp/B00AYI276I/ref=pd_sim_sbs_pc_5

The reason I'd like to do it, is to get 3 drives on 1 laptop, for improved Photoshop performance. (OS/Programs install drive; Files/working drive; and scratch disk). I would set up a 128G mSATA ssd as boot drive, and 512G for working files. I'd set it all up as JBD, and then use the optical bay to house a high rpm 1T for backup and scratch.
 
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Ok, I have not tried it but let us know how it works out.

From what I see, the cheapest msata google could find is 32GB for $50, so for $100 plus the price of the adaptor you get 64GB. You can buy a 120 GB SSD for less than $100. To me it makes no capacity/performance nor even financial sense.

http://www.provantage.com/crucial-technology-ct480m500ssd3~7CIAL74H.htm (mSATA)
http://www.provantage.com/crucial-technology-ct480m500ssd1~7CIAL73U.htm (2.5")

Roughly $25 difference. It really depends what you want to do with your storage.
 
I ordered on of these direct from the manufacturer. We'll see how it goes. I like the idea of RAID 1 in a 2.5" form factor.

Curious did you have any luck with this setup? Any oddities?

Any chance you used this in conjunction with a RAID card or RAID setup?
 
I got it, never ended up ordering mSATA devices. Until you bumped the thread, I forgot I even had it!
 
I was thinking about using this in a raid device to work as my "boot drives" RAID 1 but I don't think the device has any sort of "fail over" and the failure LED is internal.

So not sure how useful it is to be honest. If the item would auto failover with RAID 1 and the LED was available on a Pin Out, this would be much more useful.

I'd like to know your results with it though.
 
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