RAID, how does it even work?

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[Defaultless]      if I RAID 1TB + 2 TB whats the best RAID to put on them?

[%Donjuanal]    Defaultless: you raid like drives

[Defaultless]      RAID0 ?

[Kumorigoe]      Defaultless, you don't raid different sized drives.

[Defaultless]      why?

[%Donjuanal]    because you dont

[%Donjuanal]    those are the rules of RAID

[Defaultless]      so I have to RAID two 1TB HDDS?

[%Donjuanal]    yes

[Defaultless]      and I will get 1 TB

[Kumorigoe]      Defaultless, if you go RAID 1, you will get 1TB.  If you do RAID 0, you'll get 2TB, assuming you use 1TB drives in the array.

[Kumorigoe]      RAID 1 is mirroring.  RAID 0 is striping.

[Defaultless]      which one is faster

[%Donjuanal]    striping is faster

[Kumorigoe]      RAID 0

[Defaultless]      how many drives can be in array?

[Kumorigoe]      For 1 or 0 you need two drives.

[Defaultless]      damn

[Kumorigoe]      Other types of RAID require more, but aren't meant for most regular users.

[%Donjuanal]    RAID 1+0 requires atleast 4

[%Donjuanal]    for example

[Defaultless]      CAN I raid SSD 128GB + 1TB +1TB+ 1TB ?

[%Donjuanal]    no

[Defaultless]      fml