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sata raid

Postby Gorilla » Wed Jan 10, 2007 2:59 pm

do the harddrives i want to use have to be the exact same make model brand ...etc

or just the same size

IE 80gb (which is what im planning to use)
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Postby Fardomar » Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:37 pm

It's best to use the same make/model but I have used different makes in a pinch, mainly for people who just didnt want to spend more money on another drive.

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Postby barbos » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:31 pm

Same size is OK. You might want to make sure they are the same speeds and general performance.

IE you wouldn't want to put a new 8mb cache ata 133 drive with a 5 yr old 2mb cache ata 66 drive.. even if they are the same size.

The only time that I am aware that you have to have the same model, is when you are using a raid configuration that requires the harddrive spindels to be in sync.

I believe you can even get away with different sizes sometimes, but you can only raid up to the lowest size in the raid.

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Postby Gorilla » Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:34 pm

well they are same cache (8mb) same rpm (7200) and same brand western digital........althought i bought the 1st one long time ago and its on ata...

so i hope it runs on SATA so i can set it up correctly
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Postby barbos » Wed Jan 10, 2007 9:29 pm

Most likely, your sata drive is the same exact drive, with a built in PATA (traditional ATA) to SATA converter built onboard. Should work fine once you get a converter for PATA to SATA for the older drive.


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