Remind me, what happends when you mix a 7200 RPM and a 5400 RPM HDD?

[Techno]

I took the 7200 RPM Maxtor Drive out and i am going to try and add it to my Server that has a 5400 RPM Maxtor so i have 80GB Total and have a new Maxtor coming tomorrow for my other computer. Any problems in Mixing this 2 hard drives together? Its either Mix them up or Add the 7200 RMP drive to my DVD drive (and have it crawl)

 

[Pariah]

Shouldn't be any problems at all. You're thinking about RAID, that's where 5400 and 7200 drives will have issues.

 

[Alex]

<< Remind me, what happends when you mix a 7200 RPM and a 5400 RPM HDD? >>



YOU DIE.

lol

 

[BigSmooth]

<< Shouldn't be any problems at all. You're thinking about RAID, that's where 5400 and 7200 drives will have issues. >>


Pariah is right, if they are independent of one another (i.e. not in a RAID setup), there won't be any problems at all. You may notice one of them being faster than the other, but that's about it.

 

[Techno]

Thanks, i will add it to my server in the next hour.

 

[VBboy]

Mixing two hard drives of different size and/or speed causes a hyperspace implosion and should be attempted only while wearing a HRR-type protected suite. Do not operate any heavy equipment for up to 24 hours after performing the experiment. Report any indidents to the drive manufacturer immediately.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

nothing happens.. it works just fine. I have 7200rpm and 5400rpm harddrives on my pc. Never had a problem.

peace
sean

 

[faolan]

<< You're thinking about RAID, that's where 5400 and 7200 drives will have issues. >>



It depends on the array controller. I work with some SCSI RAID controllers that allow mixing of RPMs and drive size. If RPM speeds are mixed the faster ones spin at ther normal rate, and a small speed increase is seen. If drive sizes are mixed, it allows only the RAID space to be seen. So if I add a 18 gb to a 3 drive 9 gb RAID5, the drive is treated as a 9 gb. If though I ever replace the other 9 GB's with 18gb, the extra space does then become usable.

It's definitly nice to see recent array controllers not being as picky as some of the older ones.

 

[Zebo]

<< I took the 7200 RPM Maxtor Drive out and i am going to try and add it to my Server that has a 5400 RPM Maxtor so i have 80GB Total and have a new Maxtor coming tomorrow for my other computer. Any problems in Mixing this 2 hard drives together? Its either Mix them up or Add the 7200 RMP drive to my DVD drive (and have it crawl) >>



I was wondering what happens when you mix ata33 with an ata100 on the same ide controller will the both run at ata33 or will they run at thier respective rates?

 

[thorin]

"I was wondering what happens when you mix ata33 with an ata100 on the same ide controller will the both run at ata33 or will they run at thier respective rates? "

Assuming you're using a ATA66/ATA100 cable then yes they will run at thier respective rates.

Thorin

 

[VBboy]

<< (AdamDuritz99) 90% of men masturbate. 10% of men are liars. >>

You need to say that the other 10% of men are liars, otherwise your data sets could overlap, making 10% of those 90% liars, thus still making 10% of men non-masturbators

 

[Theslowone]

VBboy, thinking about it a little to hard are we?









....I was thinking the same thing.