Will a RAID 0 Configuration work with 2 different HDD sizes?

[THOMAZ]

There is an 80 and a 250, I think it might not work in RAID 0 but could you what configuration would be the fastest and work?They are identical manufacturer but not size.If I mirror 80 GB on the 250 could I partition the rest of it?

 

[James-007]

I dont think it would work, because it wont be able to make the mirror image with two different disk size.

 

[bgskyguy]

Raid 0 will work fine. Raid 0 basicly means RAID is turned off, so there is no RAID configuration.

 

[Arie]

Hi,Yes you can make an array with 2 different sized disks but of course you can only mirror 80gig not 250gig.See the link for an explanation.http://www.pcmech.com/article/raid-your-guide/Arnak

 

[soaringeagle182]

I believe you can do a soft raid within windows if you make an 80 gig partition on the 250 gig hard drive. You can do this under disk management under windows xp and 2000.

 

[Sarnaath]

Raid 0 is when the data is striped across both disks, so should give the best performance but with the greatest risk. Whereas Raid 1 is mirroring one disk on the other. Raid 0 will probably work, but you'd only use 80GB of the 250 GB disk. You'd end up with about 160GB total space. To get full use of the 250GB disk, you'll need another 250GB hard drive.Edit: I've only done Raid configurations on MBs with a Raid chip, and everything was set up in the BIOS. In these cases I think you have to use the whole hard drive as opposed to a partition. I could be wrong. Never tried to use a partition for a Raid set up.