Comment on Can I use two different drives?
TCB13@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Hardware RAID or software (BTFRS etc?)
Software
It probably doesn’t matter in most cases, especially software RAID. I’ve had proprietary storage system vendors recommending being very careful about identical disks but that could just be salesman crap.
^this.
Right up until that job to turn the other drive and run the backup stops and then you don’t realize it until 17 months later.
Either way, RAID ain’t a backup, but it makes losing a drive easier.
mypasswordis1234@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Software
kool_newt@lemm.ee 10 months ago
It probably doesn’t matter in most cases, especially software RAID. I’ve had proprietary storage system vendors recommending being very careful about identical disks but that could just be salesman crap.
TCB13@lemmy.world 10 months ago
^this.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Right up until that job to turn the other drive and run the backup stops and then you don’t realize it until 17 months later.
Either way, RAID ain’t a backup, but it makes losing a drive easier.