RAID 5 Configuration

[Guest]

Can I setup a RAID 5 configuration even if my HDD is in different sizes?Ex:
HDD1(32GB), HDD2(72GB),HDD3(32GB). If I going to configure this three HDD
what will be my Hard Drive total space? Thanks

 

[Rick]

Can I setup a RAID 5 configuration even if my HDD is in different sizes?Ex:
HDD1(32GB), HDD2(72GB),HDD3(32GB). If I going to configure this three HDD
what will be my Hard Drive total space? Thanks

Depends on your raid controller. But in general, yes. Your
array will be 96GB (3 x 32GB -- the smallest drive of the
array determines how much of the larger drive you can use).
I believe this restriction was eliminated with recent versions
of SATA.

 

[Rick]

Depends on your raid controller. But in general, yes. Your
array will be 96GB (3 x 32GB -- the smallest drive of the
array determines how much of the larger drive you can use).

Just to clarify, your usable array size will be 64GB. 32GB will
be used for parity.

 

[Dan]

Correct

 

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