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metal_geek · 09-15-2008, 04:09 PM

Raid 1 gets you HD space equal to the Smallest drive in the pair. The 2 HD's have excatly the same files on them at all times, so in raid 1 you can't use any space by compressing on the "other" drive because as far as the system is concearned there is no "other" drive because they are excatly the same..

Basically what you are getting is like you said, a 500GB external HD, but for security if the HD happens to die on you, you have backup copy.

09-15-2008, 04:09 PM	#26
metal_geek Scoring Winger Join Date: Jan 2007 Exp:	Raid 1 gets you HD space equal to the Smallest drive in the pair. The 2 HD's have excatly the same files on them at all times, so in raid 1 you can't use any space by compressing on the "other" drive because as far as the system is concearned there is no "other" drive because they are excatly the same.. Basically what you are getting is like you said, a 500GB external HD, but for security if the HD happens to die on you, you have backup copy. Last edited by metal_geek; 09-15-2008 at 04:12 PM.