On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 06:12:00PM BST, Camaleón wrote: > > 1. does the HD need to be exactly the same as the one its being paired > > with ? > > Not necessarily, but you will lose the remainder difference space between > the smallest and the bigger of the disks. If you were referring to the > brand/model/serial number of the disks some people think is better they > exactly match (me) others think the opposite.
It's not just size that matters ;^) If you'd like your RAID array to perform better it's always better to have the disks identical - cache size, speed, etc. If you have drives which don't match, essentially your RAID will perform as good as your worst drive. Regards, -- Raf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111017220904.ga5...@linuxstuff.pl
