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Walton Chaintech 2.5inch Apogee SSD Converter Review

Storage/SSD by stefan @ 2010-05-16

Walton Chaintech are now selling a product both unique and interesting, that is thought to replace the more expensive 2.5inch SSDs on the market. The device looks like a SSD, but inside it hides two removable CompactFlash cards, that can function in both RAID1 and NRAID modes, depending on what we need more: data reliability or more capacity.

Test system, Additional Info

Test Setup

Stefan's Test Setup



CPU	Core i7 920 @ 3.2Ghz
Cooling	Stock
Mainboard	Asrock X58 Extreme
Memory	G.Skill F3-12800CL8T-6GBPI PI Series
VGA	AXLE GeForce 210 512MB DDR2 ATI Radeon HD 4550
Other	Power Supply : Antec True Power New 750W HDD : Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200.10

When the device is operating, we can see the status LEDs on one of the product sides:

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The product arrived set to RAID1. Here is what Everest Ultimate Edition report about it in this case:

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The free space reported by Windows with the RAID 1 mode activated is about 14.9GB and the device was formatted FAT32:

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When I have used the switch to get into the NRAID mode and restarted the system, I have seen that I had accessible again only about 14.92GB. To be able to use all the available space, I had to repartition the device:

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Here is the Everest Ultimate Edition report, with the NRAID mode activated:

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