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From: "Lawrence Farr" <freebsd-isp@epcdirect.co.uk>
To: "'Victor Meirans'" <vic@is.lv>,
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Subject: RE: IDE Raid controllers - question #2
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 17:00:52 -0000
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The stripes use the entire disk, and are the size of the smallest disk:

eg 2x40Gb 2x20Gb ends up as 4x20Gb if striped together.

Lawrence Farr
EPC Direct Limited 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG 
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Victor Meirans
> Sent: 18 December 2001 16:55
> To: FreeBSD-isp
> Subject: IDE Raid controllers - question #2
> 
> 
> Hello all,
> 
> Thanks for so many answers, now another question...
> Is it possible with IDE Raid controller to make raid 0 with 
> harddrives 
> of different sizes? Width vinum I could make 100GB stripe 
> with 3x20GB + 
> 1x40GB HDD... will it be possible with hardware IDE Raid 
> controller? Or 
> I have to use similar disks i.e 4x40GB or 4x20GB??? I'm considering 
> buying one of "Promise" IDE Raid controllers...
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> --
> ViC
> 
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