[Novalug] raid mirror

The Doctor drwho@virtadpt.net
Wed Jul 29 13:33:32 EDT 2009


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Jon LaBadie wrote:
> I've got an older system that I am retasking.
> It contains two similar sized (160GB) drives.
> But they have different rotation speeds (5400
> and 7200 rpm).
> 
> Am I correct that it would NOT be good to use
> these different speed drives in a raid 1 mirror?

Depending on what you use the box for, it might bog down its
responsiveness.  I had to do that when one of the drives in my web
server died and I couldn't get hold of a fast enough drive for the
array.  Anything more intensive than running a text editor was
frustratingly slow.

Save yourself the trouble and match the drive speeds.

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