(Veloci)Raptor RAID?

PWatterson · Jul 8, 2010

Hello everyone.

I've been running two 74gb Raptors in RAID for awhile, but recently one of them went bad. WD sent me back a 74gb VelociRaptor.

Is is still possible to RAID 0 these two? I know you generally need the same model hard drives and all, but I was hoping this could work, as I am not quite ready to jump into SSDs yet. I did a little poking around google and could not find anything definitive.

Old Raptor: WD740GD-00FLC0 Sep '05
New Raptor: WD740HLFS-01G6U1 May '10

ratbuddy · Jul 8, 2010

PWatterson said:
Hello everyone.

I've been running two 74gb Raptors in RAID for awhile, but recently one of them went bad. WD sent me back a 74gb VelociRaptor.

Is is still possible to RAID 0 these two? I know you generally need the same model hard drives and all, but I was hoping this could work, as I am not quite ready to jump into SSDs yet. I did a little poking around google and could not find anything definitive.

Old Raptor: WD740GD-00FLC0 Sep '05
New Raptor: WD740HLFS-01G6U1 May '10

You might try calling WD back and explaining the situation. I've heard they will sometimes exchange both drives for people running matching stuff in RAID even if the other drive didn't go bad.

PWatterson · Jul 9, 2010

ratbuddy said:
You might try calling WD back and explaining the situation. I've heard they will sometimes exchange both drives for people running matching stuff in RAID even if the other drive didn't go bad.

Good call!

I did just that, and they are replacing my working drive with another Velociraptor.

ratbuddy · Jul 10, 2010

Woo, score :beer:

xoke · Jul 10, 2010

There was a post the other day about Western Digital and whether or not they were good or not. HDs die..all brands, but that is pretty sweet of WD to hook you up like that. It's things like this that keep me buying from WD.

Good Stuff!

jgv115 · Jul 10, 2010

CompuTamer · Jul 10, 2010

That, my friend, is why i don't buy anything but WD drives.

Badbonji · Jul 11, 2010

Wow, that is just amazing service. Enjoy your brand new RAID setup

(I think mine is getting a bit old now)

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