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Some questions about RAID

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29 minutes ago, Carlos1010 said:

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Yes

Yes, but the smallest drive would be the limiting factor. So if you had a 1TB and a 2TB drive in RAID, the most you could use is 1TB from each driver (Smallest drive limits you). Also, do note that you are bound by the slowest drive in the array, so using a WD Green or low RPM drive and mixing it with some 7200RPM drives or a SSD would slow the whole array down pretty bad.

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Hi all,

I just have 2 quick questions about RAID so without further or do, here they are:

 

1. Can you RAID drives that are from different manufacturers?

 

2. Can you RAID with drives that have different storage capacities? Like one of them having 500GB and the other having 1TB

 

Thanks in advanced!

 

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Yes

Yes

 

But in both cases: same drive is still always a better choice. 

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4 minutes ago, FloRolf said:

Yes

Yes

 

But in both cases: same drive is still always a better choice. 

What would happen if I do number 2? Will I just be able to use the rest of the 1TB drive normally or is that included in the RAID (I have no clue how it would) Also thanks for your reply 

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Just now, Carlos1010 said:

What would happen if I do number 2? Will I just be able to use the rest of the 1TB drive normally or is that included in the RAID (I have no clue how it would) Also thanks for your reply 

Could you specify what raid you actually wanna run and why? 

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Desktop PC:
R9 3900X - Peerless Assassin 120 SE - Asus Prime X570 Pro - Powercolor 7900XT - 32gb LPX 3200mhz - Corsair SF750 Platinum - 1TB WD SN850X - CoolerMaster NR200 White - Gigabyte M27Q-SA - Corsair K70 Rapidfire - Logitech MX518 Legendary - HyperXCloud Alpha wireless


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R5 2400G - Noctua NH-D14 - Asus Prime X370-Pro - 16gb G.Skill Aegis 3000mhz - Seasonic Focus Platinum 550W - Fractal Design R5 - 
250gb 970 Evo (OS) - 2x500gb 860 Evo (Raid0) - 6x4TB WD Red (RaidZ2)

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and with #2, you're limited to the smallest drive's storage size for the other

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29 minutes ago, Carlos1010 said:

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Yes

Yes, but the smallest drive would be the limiting factor. So if you had a 1TB and a 2TB drive in RAID, the most you could use is 1TB from each driver (Smallest drive limits you). Also, do note that you are bound by the slowest drive in the array, so using a WD Green or low RPM drive and mixing it with some 7200RPM drives or a SSD would slow the whole array down pretty bad.

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Just now, Carlos1010 said:

Also can you RAID a SSD and a hard drive? And I think that if it's possible as you said, it will only get the speed of the hard drive.

NVM you said that in your post

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