Comments on: RAID Data Recovery http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/09/raid-data-recovery/ Hard drive recovery data recovery resource center with how to guides for windows RAID Snap server file system repair NTFS partition recovery tools tips and tricks to recover data Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:33:11 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dick Correa http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/09/raid-data-recovery/#comment-2218 Dick Correa Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:23:50 +0000 http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/09/raid-data-recovery/#comment-2218 No, the model number does not need to be the same, however, the RAID card will use the smallest drive when configuring the array. For example, if you have 3 160 GB drives, and one 120 GB drive, the RAID will use the 120 GB drive as the base, so you will lose the end of the other three 160 GB drives; 40 GB per drive. No, the model number does not need to be the same, however, the RAID card will use the smallest drive when configuring the array.

For example, if you have 3 160 GB drives, and one 120 GB drive, the RAID will use the 120 GB drive as the base, so you will lose the end of the other three 160 GB drives; 40 GB per drive.

]]> By: Roger Lawson http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/09/raid-data-recovery/#comment-2214 Roger Lawson Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:58:40 +0000 http://www.dtidata.com/resourcecenter/2007/05/09/raid-data-recovery/#comment-2214 On a raid5 do all hard drive need to have the model number as the rest of them ex. WD5000AAJS-2 or can they be WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAKS-0 WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2 On a raid5 do all hard drive need to have the model number as the rest of them ex. WD5000AAJS-2 or can they be WD5000AAJS-2
WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAKS-0
WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2
WD5000AAJS-2 WD5000AAJS-2

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