RAID Questions

GingerNinja1989 · 3 Mar 2008 at 12:59

Hey, basically, would I be able to RAID two 250Gb Barracudas with different ST*********** numbers? Same capacity, cache etc... Ta in advance.

semi-pro waster · 3 Mar 2008 at 13:06

Yes, you can, ideally the drives should be from the same batch but if you can't get that then two otherwise identical drives is the next best bet.

GingerNinja1989 · 3 Mar 2008 at 13:13

OK, thanks for that. I can see another Barracuda coming my way perhaps...

Snow-Munki · 3 Mar 2008 at 14:49

semi-pro waster said:
Yes, you can, ideally the drives should be from the same batch but if you can't get that then two otherwise identical drives is the next best bet.

From what I read, it is best not to get 2 hdd from the same batch. As if one fails it is likely the 2nd one to fail soon after.

rpstewart · 3 Mar 2008 at 15:21

Snow-Munki said:
From what I read, it is best not to get 2 hdd from the same batch. As if one fails it is likely the 2nd one to fail soon after.

There are folk who advocate that approach but it's of absolutely no benefit for RAID0 because if one drive goes the whole array's gone anyway.