Raid1 disk question

[∞Velocitymaster∞]

I have 780i board with raid controller. I have raid1 for all my data with 2 identical HD's.
Question is if one HD fails and I replace it with a different brand but the same size is it ok?

 

[versello]

Yes. You can even replace it with a different size, as long as it's larger. Stick with the same make/model, though.

 

[jasonlitka]

It really depends on the controller, but typically brand doesn't matter (at least not as far as rebuilding goes, it might not be as fast with mismatched drives). All you should really need is a drive at least as large as the original.

Keep in mind though that not all hard drives are exactly the same size, even if they claim to be on the box.

 

[∞Velocitymaster∞]

Thanks guys, thing is they don't make my model any more and is not on stores like newegg.
I will get same size HD and same cache, in my case mine is 16mb.

 

[Ockie]

Yeah, try to keep them the same as possible. You should be fine cross branding them.