my personal opinion, is even if it works, you're asking for trouble by mixing drives like that ... best case scenario is that your performance will suffer down to the transfer rate of the slowest drive, worst case, dunno, possible missing bits ?
Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security _____ 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/> ~
