I have just bought a new MB.[ASUS P5Q Deluxe]
Do I need to use the same size hard drives when setting up a raid???
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2008-12-29 15:33Raid& hard drive sizes
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2008-12-29 19:49Re: Raid& hard drive sizes
Yes.
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2008-12-29 20:52Re: Raid& hard drive sizes
Depends on which raid level you want - e.g. Raid 0 - No, Raid 1 - Yes.
See Raid Explained, Raid Tutorial, etc.
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2008-12-30 21:27Re: Raid& hard drive sizes
No.
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2008-12-30 21:36Re: Raid& hard drive sizes
Leif.
Thanks for the links.They answered just about all my questions.
I will go with either 0 or 10 as speed is what I am after.
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2008-12-30 21:54Re: Raid& hard drive sizes
For a home PC the best solution is probably RAID 0 with daily backups. The backups enable you to recover from disk failure and the RAID 0 gives you maximum performance at minimum cost.
Enterprise database servers need a solution like RAID 10 because they have very large numbers of disk drives, and can expect to see a disk drive failure every few weeks (or even more frequently in sites with many thousands of disks). They also need fast recovery times from disk failure.
StuartR
