adding another harddisk to my raid array, but....

grewell912 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-10-2006, 02:51 PM

I am adding another harddisk to my raid 0 array (striping), but i need to know if i need the exact same specs on both disks. Right now i have a 160 gig 7200 rpm but im going buy 2 more disk, can i buy two 74 gig 1000 rpm disc??

Marc Peters · #2 (**permalink**) 03-10-2006, 05:30 PM

They all need to be exactly the same. (If not, the size oif the array will be limited by the smallest drive).

grewell912 · #3 (**permalink**) 03-11-2006, 02:46 PM

well that just sucks.....

Marc Peters · #4 (**permalink**) 03-11-2006, 02:47 PM

Why not build an array from the two disks and have the third disc seperate?

grewell912 · #5 (**permalink**) 03-11-2006, 08:23 PM

hmm, i'm very knowledgable in computers, but never with RAID, my sony computer came with the arraw, and has a utility to set up raid or make them seperate, wondering if they are plug-n-play?