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    Raid 0 with Different Brands?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Kazeari, Feb 21, 2009.

  1. Kazeari

    Kazeari Notebook Consultant

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    I'm planning to do a rain 0 with a the original WD and a Himachi 320GB 7200 RPM. Is this not recommended and why?
     
    Kazeari, Feb 21, 2009
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    The problem is when you mix drives like this you then get the worst of either drive in the sigle array. Sometimes even doubling the differences. One drive slower on latency or seek can cause the other drive to wait. this wait may not mean an instaneous restart of the waiting drive as the slower one catches up and the drives can just be starting and stoping wating for each other.

    Essentially the drives start running around each other. Even like drives can do this on occasion but being like drives you don't see this that often.
     
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