Raid 0 two different drives?

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jam3s121

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I currently have a samsung f3 spinpoint 500gb drive. I wanted to create a raid 0 array mainly just recording game footage. Do I need to buy another f3 drive? Can I use somethign similiar in speed? Thanks!
 
It's ideal to buy one identical to what you have - another F3 500gb, especially on a raid 0.

Can you make it work without? You should be able to, but you'll only be able to raid up to 500gb storage.
 
Obviously if I buy a 1tb drive I would "lose" 500gb of data making the 1tb drive 500gb and then raiding both 500gb drives.

I'm just asking if I will run into problems? It seems like you can buy faster 1TB drives for prices pretty close to the price of a 500gb F3, not to mention most retailers seem to be low on stock and I only trust amazon, tigerdirect and sometimes newegg.
 
You should have no problems.

Just make sure you use something better or equal to your current drive.
 
Size will be that of the smallest drive
Speed will be that of the slowest drive.
 
If you don't need the sequential read/write for what you're doing, don't bother with the added complexity of RAID. Just plug in both drives. A 1TB drive shouldn't be much more than a 500gb one.
 
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