Setting up a Raid 5 for the first time
Posted: Thu Nov 29, 2012 1:24 am
Hi all,
I just got a SANS Digital enclosure for an external RAID box that I'm planning on putting together. This is the first time I'm setting something like this up, and I plan on it being a NAS device (through the USB connection on my router).
First basic question I have is that I picked up 2 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM and 64 MB cache.. the third drive is a Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM but only with 32MB cache.. how important is it for all the drives to be identical? Will this still work in a Raid5 setup?
Second question.. can I set up the system while it is attached to my desktop (via USB) and then move it to the router (I've got an ASUS RT65U, which is supposed to be pretty good for this sort of thing) without any issues? Or are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?
That's all for now..
Thanks!
I just got a SANS Digital enclosure for an external RAID box that I'm planning on putting together. This is the first time I'm setting something like this up, and I plan on it being a NAS device (through the USB connection on my router).
First basic question I have is that I picked up 2 3TB Seagate Barracuda 7200 RPM and 64 MB cache.. the third drive is a Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200 RPM but only with 32MB cache.. how important is it for all the drives to be identical? Will this still work in a Raid5 setup?
Second question.. can I set up the system while it is attached to my desktop (via USB) and then move it to the router (I've got an ASUS RT65U, which is supposed to be pretty good for this sort of thing) without any issues? Or are there any pitfalls I should be aware of?
That's all for now..
Thanks!