Thinking about setting up raid 0

[scobie56]

so i have 2 WD drives, 1x1tb and 1x500gb. i know i can i know you can raid 2 of the same drives but can you raid 2 different size drives and should i do it or just stick to them being 2 separate drives 

[Gas_Mask_]

I have the same question...

[scottyseng]

so i have 2 WD drives, 1x1tb and 1x500gb. i know i can i know you can raid 2 of the same drives but can you raid 2 different size drives and should i do it or just stick to them being 2 separate drives 

 

You can RAID two different size drives, but RAID will be limited to the smallest drive (Your 1TB would be crippled to 500GB to match the smallest drive).

 

I would stick to having them be two separate drives.

[dalekphalm]

You can RAID two different size drives, but RAID will be limited to the smallest drive (Your 1TB would be crippled to 500GB to match the smallest drive).

I would stick to having them be two separate drives.

Bingo. In this case, it would be entirely a waste of time. Using RAID0 with 1x 500GB + 1x 1TB drive would give you the same amount of storage as the 1TB drive by itself.

There are software RAID-like layers called "JBOD" (Just a bunch of disks) that will combine multiple drives together into a large virtual drive. But they have their own issues and quirks.