I have had a drive fail from Dell, it was a 10K drive. For a replacement they sent me a 15K drive and everything ran just fine. But I agree with the rest I think it will really depend on the controller, and you will be at the mercy of the slowest drive.
-----Original Message----- From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 9:58 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: HDD spindle speed RAID Shouldn't need to match... you'll be hamstrung by the slower drive, however. -sc From: David Lum [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 10:46 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: HDD spindle speed RAID Does matching HDD spindle speed matter when you are RAID-ing arrays? Can you have RAID 1 with a 10,000rpm drive and a 7200RPM one? The controller just adjusts when it's waiting to know both drives are ready for more data, right? Somehow I seem to think they need to match - is it only specific conditions? Hardware raid vs software perhaps? Only stuff other than RAID 0 or 1? Or was the crack I smoked still having an effect? Bueller? David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION (Desk) 971.222.1025 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
