A abbas8786 Distinguished Apr 4, 2010 1 0 18,510 Apr 4, 2010 #1 hi.... i have a question about Raid5 is possible use diffrent size of H.D.D in raid5. for exaple : 4* 500 GB 2 * 750 GB or all H.H.D must be same size? please help me i am waiting for your reply thanks.
hi.... i have a question about Raid5 is possible use diffrent size of H.D.D in raid5. for exaple : 4* 500 GB 2 * 750 GB or all H.H.D must be same size? please help me i am waiting for your reply thanks.
4745454b Titan Moderator Apr 29, 2006 29,241 437 93,590 Apr 4, 2010 #2 Yes you can, but the 750s will be treated as 500GB drives. Upvote 0 Downvote
G gtvr Distinguished Jun 13, 2009 1,166 0 19,460 Apr 4, 2010 #3 just to expand, what that means is that the array will only utilize 500GB of the 750GB drive, so 250GB is lost. Upvote 0 Downvote
just to expand, what that means is that the array will only utilize 500GB of the 750GB drive, so 250GB is lost.