What is RAID 0? How To Setup an Apple RAID System (OS X Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks)
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Channel: GRIBSOFT · 2016 · Science & Technology
What is RAID 0? and How to Setup RAID on a Macbook? This video will show you the benefits of setting up a striped RAID 0 on any Macbook or Macbook Pro 2008-2012 (OS X Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion, Mavericks). Please note that a Macbook has to have an Optical Drive to setup a RAID system. The optical drive will be removed and replaced with an Optical Bay Storage Adapter. RAID 0 or Stripped RAID combines data throughput from each SATA Controller channel thus doubling data access rates. This effectively improves the time it takes for OS X to access system files and display information to the user. To sum it up, a RAID system can double a Macbooks performance even if it already has a Solid State Drive. In fact, 2011 and 2012 Macbooks can see transfer rates of up to 1GB per second. That means you can move a 10GB file in 10 seconds. You will need: 2 Hard Drives (SSDs are suggested) Phillips head and T-6 Screwdrivers Optical Bay Storage Adapter (Also Know as “Data Doubler”) 2 SATA to USB Cables All of these can be found at most online retailer or at: http://www.appledollars.com/store/ You can find a table of all Macbooks capable of RAID at this page: http://www.appledollars.com/macbook-raid-table More great information about speeding up and/or repairing your Mac can be found at: www.appledollars.com If you enjoyed this video, please hit like and subscribe to our channel.
