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February 15th, 2021 09:00

m17 R3, SSD Question

I have a laptop being built, arriving on the 23rd of this month. I asked for a 1TB SSD, but I am not sure what I actually have. Can someone tell me what the following means?

 

1TB (2x 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 [Boot] + 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD [Storage]

 

Thank you

  • JOcean

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    Posted February 15th, 2021 11:00

    Just curious, is this an Alienware m17 R4? Otherwise it looks like 2 x 512 GB M.2 PCIe SSD drives set in a RAID 0 array (the boot drive), and a 512 GB M.2 PCIe SSD for storage. Going by the specs I assume the RAID array drives are 2280 and the storage drive is 2230. Just guessing as you did not list the model your ordered.

     

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  • thspiral

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    Posted February 15th, 2021 15:00

    Ahh, sorry. It’s been a while since I asked a question about tech. The specs are:

     

    Alienware m17 R3

    ITEM NUMBER

    210-AVMQ

    QUANTITY

    1

    6-Cell 86WHr Integrated
    Accidental Damage Service, 1 Year
    Onsite/In-Home Service After Remote Diagnosis, 1 Year
    US Order
    Dell.com Order
    US Power Cord
    Killer(TM) Wi-Fi 6 AX1650 (2x2) 802.11ax Wireless and Bluetooth 5.1
    Lunar Light with High Endurance Clear Coat
    17.3" FHD (1920 x 1080) 300Hz 3ms 300-nits 100% sRGB color gamut
    1TB (2x 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD) RAID0 [Boot] + 512GB PCIe M.2 SSD [Storage]
    32GB DDR4 2666MHz
    NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) RTX 2070 SUPER(TM) 8GB GDDR6
    Windows 10 Home 64bit English
    None Required
    No Option Included
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 Processor Label
    Shipping Material
    Safety/Environment and Regulatory Guide (English/French)
    Custom Configuration
    Killer(TM) Ethernet E3000 10/100/1000Mbps/2.5Gbps NIC
    240W Adapter
    10th Generation Intel Core i7-10875H (8-Core, 16MB Cache, up to 5.1GHz w/ Turbo Boost 2.0)
    Additional Software + System Software
    Alienware mSeries 4-Zone AlienFX RGB keyboard
    Dell Limited Hardware Warranty Initial Year
  • crimsom

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    Posted February 16th, 2021 02:00

    Hi @thspiral  welcome to this user to user discussion forum.  This is not Dell Support.

    Dell Support for Alienware m17 R3 Setup & Specifications Storage capabilities depend on the model purchased. The M.2 storage interface is PCIe Gen3 x4 NVMe. From your description, your model supports One M.2 2230 solid-state drive and Two M.2 2280 solid-state drives. 

    Having RAID 0 as the boot drive, requires the OS (C:) information to be shared 50% & 50% on the two drives. There has been discussion about having RAID 0, but there is no peceptional performance increase for a home computer and a single ultrafast 1 or 2 TB NVMe drive is the wise choice for the OS (C:) drive. Then if the system cannot be recovered, just swap in the single NVMe clone OS (C:) drive to get the system up and running within minutes. If the RAID 0 boot drive cannot be recovered, both drives have to be replaced with the two drive clone that has to be created external to the laptop or a different Disaster Recovery Plan option used. 

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