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July 20th, 2006 00:00

Adding to an existing array using a faster drive.

Right now I have raid-5 consisting of 3 10k rpm drives.  Can I add another same size drive to the array but the new drive I have will be 15k rpm instead of 10k rpm drives that are currently on the existing array? 
 
Would this be a problem at all?  Would the 15k rpm just run at 10k rpm ?
 
Thanks for your help in advance.
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    Mark_A_Smith

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    Posted July 20th, 2006 13:00

    This will work fine.  The 15k will run at 15k.  Cache will take care of the data differences between the drives.
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    Posted July 21st, 2006 17:00

    Is it possible to add 2 drives at the same time?  Or do I have to do it one at a time when I do reconfigure in order to preserve the data?
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    Posted July 21st, 2006 17:00

    You can add as many drives as you like.

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