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What raid shall I use in my server?

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Hey guys I've got a Synology NAS and I've got one 1TB and one 160GB hardrive, I'd like to put them in a raid to improve performance/speed but I don't know much about raid. Could you guys please help me out? Thanks. :) 

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The only way to set up RAID in this system would be to give the 1TB drive, a 160GB partition then RAID the "2" 160GB drives, you can't RAID different size drives

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Hey guys I've got a Synology NAS and I've got one 1TB and one 160GB hardrive, I'd like to put them in a raid to improve performance/speed but I don't know much about raid. Could you guys please help me out? Thanks. :)

 

There is no point, you would be restricted to 160gb if using RAID 0 for better speed since RAID is restricted to the smallest drive size

 

ideally you want another 1tb drive, and use either RAID 1, for a mirrored copy, or RAID 0 for more speed

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The only way to set up RAID in this system would be to give the 1TB drive, a 160GB partition then RAID the "2" 160GB drives, you can't RAID different size drives

A right thanks, I didn't know it worked like that haha, i might have to get another 1TB drive.

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There is no point, you would be restricted to 160gb if using RAID 0 for better speed since RAID is restricted to the smallest drive size

 

ideally you want another 1tb drive, and use either RAID 1, for a mirrored copy, or RAID 0 for more speed

Thanks, I thought it worked like both of the storage on the drives add up if you get what I mean haha but I know very little about raids, I would be better off getting another 1TB drive, thanks.

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Thanks, I thought it worked like both of the storage on the drives add up if you get what I mean haha but I know very little about raids, I would be better off getting another 1TB drive, thanks.

 

I would suggest reading up on RAID, its not something to just randomly decide :)

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I would suggest reading up on RAID, its not something to just randomly decide :)

Will do :) 

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