Question: Good Day,
i have 3 WD Green HDD all of them are identical, same model same capacity (6 TB) and 1 WD Red HDD different model different type but same company same capacity (6 TB),
Will this be a problem ? i know that The SLOWER of the drives… will dictate the overall speed, other than that, is there any real problem to use different hard disks Models with the same capacity? please advice
Regards,
Mohammednt0
Answer:WD Green?
Not in any RAID, ever.
Their claim to fame is to spin down when not needed. The delay in spin up may corrupt the array.
Never ever.