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Disks size in RAID 5

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by imranhabeeb

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Hi, should all the 5 disks present in Raid 5 server configuration have the same size.

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by tonythetiger

they should be the same size, else the controller will treat them all like they are the size of the smallest, and you'll have wasted space.

by dan.cox

If you have a need to not use the same size drives than you can try this product. DROBO It works very well. Check out the specs on it.
http://www.drobo.com/

by dan.cox

If you have a need to not use the same size drives than you can try this product. DROBO It works very well. Check out the specs on it.
http://www.drobo.com/

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