Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
Actually, you can install 5 hard drives and have a max of 5.5TB storage in the M18xR2. 3x1TB in the main HDD bay, 1x2TB HDD (WD20npvt) in the optical drive bay, 1x480GB mSata SSD.
Also, you can install an internal USB drive(64GB+) in the WIHD slot using an adapter card, thanks to Mr. Fox and his interesting discovery. And if that's not enough, you can land another ssd (up to 128GB, I think) in the expresscard slot. ;)
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Originally Posted by
Aikimox
Actually, you can install 5 hard drives and have a max of 5.5TB storage in the M18xR2. 3x1TB in the main HDD bay, 1x2TB HDD (
WD20npvt) in the optical drive bay, 1x480GB mSata SSD.
Also, you can install an internal USB drive(64GB+) in the WIHD slot using an adapter card, thanks to Mr. Fox and his interesting discovery. And if that's not enough, you can land another ssd (
up to 128GB, I think) in the expresscard slot. ;)
Thanks ... Sorry for the confusion. I have an M18X, not an M18X-R2. Does it have the same options ?
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Originally Posted by
MasterIvoree
Thanks ... Sorry for the confusion. I have an M18X, not an M18X-R2. Does it have the same options ?
the r1 doesn't have the 3rd slot or the msata slot, you can do the rest. so 2 in the bay, one in the optical bay, and the express slot, and pretty much unlimited externals. since it is a replacement you might get an r2.
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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jlyons264
the r1 doesn't have the 3rd slot or the msata slot, you can do the rest. so 2 in the bay, one in the optical bay, and the express slot, and pretty much unlimited externals. since it is a replacement you might get an r2.
Okay ... One last question ... Does the hard drive in the optical bay take the place of the optical drive? (I haven't disassembled it to look.)
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Originally Posted by
Aikimox
Actually, you can install 5 hard drives and have a max of 5.5TB storage in the M18xR2. 3x1TB in the main HDD bay, 1x2TB HDD (
WD20npvt) in the optical drive bay, 1x480GB mSata SSD.
Also, you can install an internal USB drive(64GB+) in the WIHD slot using an adapter card, thanks to Mr. Fox and his interesting discovery. And if that's not enough, you can land another ssd (
up to 128GB, I think) in the expresscard slot. ;)
You forgot to mention about the sd card reader slot. I have permanently installed 128GB SD sandisk at 45mb/s :D
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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juliant
You forgot to mention about the sd card reader slot. I have permanently installed 128GB SD sandisk at 45mb/s :D
Haha, yes. Is it sitting flush on your machine?
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Originally Posted by
MasterIvoree
Okay ... One last question ... Does the hard drive in the optical bay take the place of the optical drive? (I haven't disassembled it to look.)
yes it does.
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Originally Posted by
jlyons264
yes it does.
Thank you ... Not an option for me then. I guess I will have to wait until I can replace it with an R2.
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
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Aikimox
Haha, yes. Is it sitting flush on your machine?
No, it is just inserted in the system. I have 2 of those and keep swapping them when needed (on one I have more than 25k songs and still there is plenty of space). Sorry about the 'permanent' word. I was just referring to the fact that I am using them for the pc only.
Re: 3 Hard drives in M18x?
With 5TB desktop hard drives coming out next summer-fall, I assume laptops will at least get 7mm 2TB ones and up to 1TB mSATA, I wouldn't mind 10TB in my beast, though will probably end up with 3x1TB SSD's + 2TB HDD + 512GB mSATA. Should be more than enough for all my virtualization projects :)
