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ikendo

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Different speed. Can I use 2 drive thats 10k rpm and other 3 in 7200rpm?
 
Yes you can do this, though the 10K drives will run at 7200.

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If it doesn't leak oil it must be empty!!
 
okay thanks, yep thats what I thought. I guess all RAID setup will take what ever is the lowest.
 
I doubt the 10krpm drives will actually rev down to 7200 rpm, but the controller will divide I/O equally among the drives meaning the 7200 drives will be expected to handle the same load as the 10krpm drives. Performance will not be optimal, but it will work.
/charles
 
Ok, Let me ask you know another question. Say if a ATA100 and ATA133. Which would the RAID will pick? Its gong ATA100?
 
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