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  1. 09-20-2003, 12:23 PM #1
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    RAIDing 2 semi matching HDDs

    I am getting a 60GB WD 7200rpm 2mb cache drive ata/100(for free) and I have a Maxtor 60GB 7200rpm ATA/133 8mb cache.

    My question is this, if I use a RAID card would I lose the performance of the ATA/133 and 8MB cache?
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    Re: RAIDing 2 semi matching HDDs

    Originally posted by purewire
    I am getting a 60GB WD 7200rpm 2mb cache drive ata/100(for free) and I have a Maxtor 60GB 7200rpm ATA/133 8mb cache.

    My question is this, if I use a RAID card would I lose the performance of the ATA/133 and 8MB cache?
    Yes both will perform like your WD drive
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    When you RAID any set of drives... You individual drive performance is as slow as the slowest drive in the link..

    Since the difference between a 2mb cache vs 8mb cache is very small (if you notice any at all) then you wont really lose much

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    Cool. I still don't know if I'll RAID them. How much performance would I gain from using RAID as opposed to just having a master and a slave drive?

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