500GB 7200.10 and 7200.9 in a raid

[mgrosh]

I have set up raids in the past and generally i stick to just using the exact same drive..

but newegg.com has a deal where you can get a:
500GB 7200.10 and a
500GB 7200.9
for 200

see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148136

for those of you more tech savy is this possible. I would think it should be since the way the drive store the data is of no importance.. just the size.

thanks

 

[Blain]

Originally posted by: mgrosh
I have set up raids in the past and generally i stick to just using the exact same drive..

but newegg.com has a deal where you can get a:
500GB 7200.10 and a
500GB 7200.9
for 200

see http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822148136

for those of you more tech savy is this possible. I would think it should be since the way the drive store the data is of no importance.. just the size.

thanks

The only 7200.10/7200.9 combo deal I see is a 250GB .9 and 500GB .10.

 

[AllGamer]

yes you can, the faster one will just slow down to match the slower one

general RAID knowledge

the RAID controller will handle that stuff, so no need to worry about it

on the new Gen, of RAID controllers (on boards) you can even use Drivers of different sizes, they will compensate for the extra GBs, and partition them to the size that the smaller one has, the rest becomes wasted space, that you can usually use later on in windows as some other driver letter

 

[SuperFreaky]

yeah, read the deal more carefully....

 

[mgrosh]

yep misread the size on the other drive.


well at least thats still a good deal


set up the two 500gb 7200.10 in raid0 as system partition. and set up the 250gb drives in a raid1 or add another for raid5...


thanks..

 

[Blain]

You're all over the map on this RAID stuff.
Stick to a single large drive. You'll have much more free time.

 

[mgrosh]

I don't see why people are scared of using raids..

Especially with some of the newer solutions on the new MBs like the eVGA 860i.

I have lost data in the past and if you have irreplacable photo and memories you will wished you spent the time to protect it.

As far as raid0 goes.. the speed increase might be worth it if the drives are cheep enough. (only on your system drive)

 

[RebateMonger]

Originally posted by: mgrosh
I don't see why people are scared of using raids.

A new client called me at 2:00am this morning. They'd just lost their ENTIRE accounting database because, when they replaced a failed SCSI drive in a RAID 5 array, the whole array went bonkers.

Unfortunately, they have no backups available.

This is a 200-person company. No doubt, the owner isn't very happy today.

Moral of the story:
There's nothing wrong with RAID arrays. As long as you have backups.

 

[mgrosh]

true story..

I have heard of too many people with an array lose one disk and after installing the new disk think they are clisking on rebuild missing disk when really they are rebuilding the whole array (erasing everything)


im not pointing any fingers. <----------

but a valid back up is always a good idea.

 

[RaiderJ]

Having a RAID array is nice, that way you can just replace a drive if it dies and usually have all your data ready to go. Still, you gotta back that data up! All the RAID drives in the world don't save a file if it's been deleted!

 

[Blain]

If I were to set up a RAID array, I would purchase (duplicate) HDs from different sources.
Even if it cost me a bit more.