djbills Posted March 21, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 21, 2015 I know it's usually taboo to mix hard drives in a RAID array, but it seems like SHR (and even possibly RAID 5) might be forgiving enough to give it a try? I'd love to put 2x2TB WD Red 2.5" drives in the ODD w/a dual tray, one connected on the n54l's eSata port - and then 4x2TB WD Red 3.5" drives in the trays. Is this a terrible idea to mix 2.5" and 3.5" drives? I think they are both up for NAS duty, so really it's a question of how the mixed drives would perform when I'm loading them up? Is SHR-2 with single drive parity a reasonable idea for this setup (I could use the extra space)? What do you all think? Anyone have a bad experience with this sort of thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djbills Posted March 24, 2015 Author Share #2 Posted March 24, 2015 Ah - looks like there's a pretty simple mod with a nexus doubletwin that can jam a pair of 3.5" drives into the ODD. I'll be doing that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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