Richard Ayotte Posted April 18, 2023 Posted April 18, 2023 Hi, Is it important to have drives of same storage capacity to build a pool? What happens if one drive is 1 TB, two are 2 TB and another of 5TB? Thanks. Quote
0 Shane Posted April 18, 2023 Posted April 18, 2023 DrivePool doesn't need drives of the same capacity (e.g. one of my pools is three 12 TB, a 4 TB and a 3 TB). It will normally put new files on whatever drive has the most free space at the time. Quote
0 Richard Ayotte Posted April 18, 2023 Author Posted April 18, 2023 Thanks for the info and I have another question: does it matter if drives don't rotate at the same speed? Like 7200 vs 5400. Quote
0 Shane Posted April 19, 2023 Posted April 19, 2023 The only thing a slower drive will affect is how long it takes for DrivePoool to access it. Otherwise no, you can have drives of different speeds in the same pool. Quote
0 Richard Ayotte Posted April 19, 2023 Author Posted April 19, 2023 Thanks a lot for your help, it will greatly guide me to build my pool. Quote
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Richard Ayotte
Hi,
Is it important to have drives of same storage capacity to build a pool? What happens if one drive is 1 TB, two are 2 TB and another of 5TB?
Thanks.
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