08-28-2007, 12:21 AM
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| Re: Help with adding a third SATA drive
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Originally Posted by MartinFeldman  I have not read anthing about not mixing brands. What is the rationale for that recommendation? What do you mean by "stripe the drives." Is this an absolute or just a precaution? I have no idea what manufacturer Apple put in my Mac Pro. I am planning on adding a Seagate. | We are talking about a RAID here, I'm not sure you intend to do that or not. Mixing brands or even models of the same brand can cause performance hiccups in a RAID due to different cache sizes, seek times, etc. Inconsistent performance in other words.
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