Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:13:08 +0000 From: Mark Cullen <mark.r.cullen@gmail.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: vinum RAID 1, FreeBSD 4-STABLE & two different size drives Message-ID: <43CE30D4.3030103@gmail.com>
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Hello :-) I've come across a deal where by I can either buy two identical 20GB drives, or a 20GB drive and a 40GB drive for the same price as the two 20GB's. I was intending to use the drives for a RAID 1 array and have read that ideally the drives should be identical, but it is do-able with different size drives. Obviously as both options are the same price I would like to get more for my money and get the 40GB and 20GB drive, rather than two 20GB's. This should also give me the option of buying only a single 40GB drive later on for cheap if I need to bump the space up a bit, rather than buying two drives. Simple questions really I suppose. Is having two different size drives going to work? Is it going to make configuration trickier in any way? Are there any disadvantages (other than I will be losing out on 20GB on the 40GB drive, and that it's only going to be as fast as the slowest drive I imagine)? I've never ever touched vinum before! Thanks in advance for any advice / comments, Mark
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