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RAID 4 vs RAID 5 with one faster drive? (zerobytes.monster)

submitted 6 months ago by bOt@zerobytes.monster to c/datahoarder@zerobytes.monster

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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/asdf45df on 2025-03-01 22:13:49.

It's my first time setting up RAID with some old drives I had laying around, and I'm not sure if RAID 4 or 5 is the better option for me. I have four drives which are 1TB each. Three are 5200 RPM 3.5" laptop drives, and the fourth is a 7200 RPM WD Black 5.25".

Would it make more sense to go with RAID4 using the faster drive as the parity drive, or should I go with RAID5 and spread the parity blocks across all the drives?

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