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Limp Gawd
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hi im planning to do a RAID5 mirror for 2x 2TB
Question is, does those 2 HDD need to be identical?
Question is, does those 2 HDD need to be identical?
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hi im planning to do a RAID5 mirror for 2x 2TB
Question is, does those 2 HDD need to be identical?
RAID5 requires a minimum of 3 drives.
drescherjm
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hi im planning to do a RAID5 mirror for 2x 2TB
Question is, does those 2 HDD need to be identical?
You mean RAID1.
Are you going to backup that RAID1 array since raid does (any level) not remove the requirement to have backups?