Should I mix my HDDs?

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mikey_rules

Limp Gawd
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I'm going to buy a new HDD and am wondering if I should RAID (0) with my old one. The new one is:
Hitachi 1 TB 7200 RPM 32 MB Cache SATA II HDD
My old one is:
Samsung 250 GB 7200 RPM 8 MB Cache SATA II HDD

The Samsung is past it's warranty by a year (5 year warranty) and am worried it might crap out on me soon, hence why I'm buying a new HDD. Any suggestions?
 
Don't RAID 0 those drives as that 250GB is more than likely slower than the Hitachi 1TB.
 
Retire the old HDD if you're worried about it. Just use the 1TB.
 
Use the 250 GB for backups and forget the raid0 between the slow 250 GB and the 1TB. The 250 GB drive is most likely 1/2 of the STR speed of the 1TB or less.
 
@koolaidkitten I was pondering 500GB and then saw I could get 1TB for $12 more. I don't use a ton of space so I'm going to stick with 1TB... but then again, you never know...

I didn't know the Samsung would slow down the faster HDD if I RAID them together, but that makes sense. I'll probably use the old HDD for backup or sell it for cheap.
 
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