On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 12:51 -0800, Grant wrote: > >> Do you guys think RAID1 is unnecessary with an SLC SSD drive? > > > > No need for RAID1, brand new technology always works right in the first > > generation. There are never problems. :-D > > > > It would be interesting to run RAID1 between an SSD and SATA drive. I wonder > > what sort of issues the disparity in speed would cause. > > I thought the drives had to be identical.
No, the only real requirement is that they both be (virtual) block devices. It's just that the maximum array size for RAID1 will be the size of the smaller drive.
