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Choosing th eright Hard Drive

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by allen 1 view

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My company running Dell Power Edge 1300 with Quantum Atlas V 18.4 ultra scsi 160 7200 RPM. the Dell server has ACI 7890 host adaptre. I need to add a seconed Hard Drive. If I install a faster hard drive(1000 RPM) with higher transfer rate, will thatcreate a problem? or will both hard drive will operate with the similler speed and rate transfer espacially the ACI-7890 can operate at 80 MB/second max transfer rate.

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by hinrgman

A faster drive will not make a difference. The server will access that drive at the transfer rate that it is capable of handling. If possible I would try to match the charactistics of the existing drive as closely as possible. This would help eliminate any compatibility problems. I have a server with 4 different drives and it runs just fine.

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