SATA 1 & SATA 2 on Mirror Raid

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Can a Western Digital SATA 1 and 2 drive (same size) be mirror even though they have different speeds? I would think that the board would automatically deduce the SATA 2 drive down to SATA 1 speeds although I would just like to confirm.
 
The SATA 3.0GB/s drive might have jumper so you can set it for 1.5GB/s operation only. I recall one of my drives haiving this if I'm not mistaken.

There is no such thing as SATA 1/2 BTW.
 
The RAID should work fine with both the drives, I dont think you will need to change any jumpers on them as its all done by the motherboard. Just try it, worst would be you can't RAID the two and you use them as seperate drives.

@ Ponder, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA, the names SATA I and SATA II are the unofficial names for the different technologies. So you can't say there is no such thing as SATA 1/2.
 
Monkey101 said:
@ Ponder, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_ATA, the names SATA I and SATA II are the unofficial names for the different technologies. So you can't say there is no such thing as SATA 1/2.
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SATA II misnomer

Popular usage may refer to the SATA 3 Gbit/s specification as "Serial ATA II" ("SATA II" or "SATA2"), contrary to the wishes of the Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) which defines the standard. SATA II was originally the name of a committee defining updated SATA standards, of which the 3 Gbit/s standard was just one. However since it was among the most prominent features defined by the former SATA II committee, and, more critically, the term "II" is commonly used for successors, the name SATA II became synonymous with the 3 Gbit/s standard, so the group has since changed names to the Serial ATA International Organization, or SATA-IO, to avoid further confusion.
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Unofficial. Not even the standards body likes the names.
 
Since when has society conformed to what organisations want? :P If you go to an IT guy and say you want a 500gb SATA 2 drive he will know what you mean.
 
Monkey101 said:
Since when has society conformed to what organisations want? :P If you go to an IT guy and say you want a 500gb SATA 2 drive he will know what you mean.
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Feel free to use the terminology. I prefer not to.
 
Use the red cables for all drives and you should fine i would imagine :).

Not even sure sata 2 uses all the bandwidth available anyhow.
 
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