Raid 5

mattyj1085 · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:51

Do I have to have all the same drives to setup a raid 5 array?

I currently have 1 hitachi 1TB drive 7200rpm 16mb cache and was looking at getting 2 new drives probably the new samsung f3's 1TB

Will I be able to setup these 3 drives in raid though?

Cheers

mattyj1085 · 16 Sep 2009 at 16:05

Cheers I thought as much, drives ordered so they should be here tomo,

Another thing will I get a performance hit using the onboard raid controller? am I best sourcing a standalone controller card?

mattyj1085 · 17 Sep 2009 at 08:23

If I start off with a 3 drive array can I expand it at a later date without having to rebuild it?

mattyj1085 · 17 Sep 2009 at 09:33

After having a quick search around on a certain auction site I've found a AAR-2610SA/64 SATA ATA RAID that seems to meet my needs does anyone have any advice on whether this card is any good or not if not can some one recommend me an alternative.