RAID 5 Configuration

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