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Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

Can I use two different drives?

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Can I use two different drives?

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Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months ago

I am building a NAS in RAID 1 (Mirror) mode. Should I buy 2 of the same drive from the same manufacturer? or does it not matter so much?

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I wouldn’t mix 5400 rpm drives with 7200 rpm drives, but if the rpm & sizes are the same, there won’t be any measurable performance loss.

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