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I am building a NAS in RAID 1 (Mirror) mode. Should I buy 2 of the same drive from the same manufacturer? or does it not matter so much?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I usually find the cheapest drives and buy multiple of those, but you should be able to assemble a RAID out of different disks, though you'll be limited to the space of the smallest one in the mirror set.

Also make sure that your RAID systems supports this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Okay. Where do you buy the disks?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ebay. If you're outside the US, you'll probably be better off with a more local site.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

ebay is very international, and is also by far the greatest site for second-hand stuff in most European countries. I normally buy my used drives there.