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May 1st, 2011 08:00

CX300 replace 15k disk in place of 10k

HI all,

we have a failed drive 146GB which is 10K . We have 146GB 15K drive in hand , can we replace the failed drive with 15k one ? if it works, do we run in to any issues in the future ? I would greatly appreciate your experiences here..Thanks

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May 2nd, 2011 05:00

That shouldn't be a problem - when I have a "dead" 10K disk EMC has replaced these with 15 drives in the past.  In fact, they've replaced 2Gbit drives with 4Gbit-capable drives as well...

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May 2nd, 2011 07:00

it will not be a problem ...  it will become a 10k

5.7K Posts

May 2nd, 2011 07:00

No, a 15k drive won’t suddenly spin at a lower speed !! Power ON means 15,000 RPM.

The drive’s motor will simply keep on spinning at 15k. What you’ll get is a mix speed raid group, so performance of the raid group will be better than a full 10k RG, but less than a 15k RG.

1.3K Posts

May 30th, 2011 16:00

I always love RRR's theory

5.7K Posts

May 30th, 2011 23:00

Theory ?

Anyway: thank you

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May 31st, 2011 06:00

Hi,

I believe in RRR's theory if you still wanna call it a theory

Tried it before and worked fine.

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Hisham Shehab

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