RAID 5 with different size disks

[Joel Jaeggli]

On Fri, 3 Feb 2006, Fajar Priyanto wrote:

> Hi all,
> Is it possible to setup a RAID 5 array using different size disks? Such as hda
> 9GB, hdb 36GB, hdc 40GB, hdd 80GB, hde 80GB.

if you think about it raid-5 is just a special case of raid-0 your 
capacity is going to be limited by the size of the smallest drive... in 
this case you'll get a lot more capacity just but setting up a mirror on 
the two 80GB drives.

joelja

> What are the impact and consequences?
> Thank you very much,
>

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