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Old Sep 11, 2019, 5:29 am
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Goaguy
 
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: DXB
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Must admit I've not read all the previous posts.
I'd not do the RAID, why carry around something that big to have space for 3 drives? Unless of course you don't need to move it around much.
Try have a look at software such as Xopero instead. You can get it to automatically do incremental image backups to a local NAS. This would allow you to immediately get up and going again in case of a faulty drive.
I had a P51s myself before but now shifted to an X1 carbon. Much easier and lighter on the go though I hate not having RJ45 and HDMI ports. But that's solvable with an adapter - if you remember to bring it with you. Unfortunately my X1 came with a dead (very much alive and red) pixel out of the box. After some fighting with the seller I managed to get a new one as DOA.
EDIT: And yes, SSD is a must. It should be illegal selling machines without that nowadays Much much faster, lighter, power saving, doesn't generate heat the same way and usually more reliable.
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