can i RAID different brands?

[dbuttcheek69]

i have a Hitachi 80gig 7200 rpm sata and am thinkin about getting a barracuda 80 gig, and i was just wondering if i can set up a raid with two different brand hdd's.

 

[everman]

You can. Ideally all drives will have the exact same specs and performance to have optimal performance. Otherwise your array will only be as fast as the slowest drive.

 

[Zepper]

I assume you are aware that RAID-0 is dangerous (not enough performance gain to offset the risk on a single user machine) and have read the relevant articles on AnandTech.com and storagereview.com??? If not, hasten thee thither.
. If you just want to lump two drives into a single larger volume, use the JaBOD function instead.

"Running RAID-0 without a verified backup is like flying an experimental aircraft without a parachute." (c)2000 by W. Hill...

.bh.

 

[fstime]

Yes it will work just fine, dont believe all this raid-0 failing garbage, i've been runing raid-0 for quite some time, but yes, I would use a backup drive just incase.

 

[rickyman]

i want to know if it work with Western digital 80 sata and seagate 80 gig or do i have to buy the same drive?

 

[fstime]

Yes it will work, you just have to plug the 2 hard drives onto the same ide/sata cable then plug that into the RAID slot on your motherboard, after that you boot up windows, it will says Press f6 blah blah, press f6, put in the RAID floppy that came with your mobo, install windows and your done.

 

[rickyman]

what is the performace between two same brand name hd and both difference name brand hd?

 

[amol]

Originally posted by: rickyman
i want to know if it work with Western digital 80 sata and seagate 80 gig or do i have to buy the same drive?

no, as long as they are both the same specs (RPM, sata or pata, capacity)

should work fine

though, i WOULD keep a backup volume

 

[SunSamurai]

Originally posted by: everman
You can. Ideally all drives will have the exact same specs and performance to have optimal performance. Otherwise your array will only be as fast as the slowest drive.

That untrue. It will be a great deal faster than your slowest drive in a fully working RAID0 setup. I think you mean the slowest drive will be the bottleneck.