RAID 5 Questions

[ghop]

I have a Samsung F1 1tb at the moment and I was just wondering if I'd have any issues with buying 2 F3 1tb drives and running a RAID 5 array? They're the same capacity but a different platter design and the F3s are a fair bit quicker so I'm not too sure.

Thanks

 

[rpstewart]

It'll work but the read speeds won't be as good as three matching drives, write speeds will be determined by the controller rather than the disks.

 

[ghop]

It'll work but the read speeds won't be as good as three matching drives, write speeds will be determined by the controller rather than the disks.

Limited by the F1 I assume. The controller is whatever's built in on my M4A89GTD Pro Motherboard.