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expanding raid
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"If the hard disks are not the same capacity, the smaller size will be the amount of disk space used on both drives."
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106594
(took only 2 minutes searching on Apple.com/support to find this, BTW.)
At any rate, the short answer is, you don't want to do RAID 0 (Striping). Other than in select multiuser or streaming media settings, it has no benefit, and is much riskier.
RAID 1 (Mirroring) can be useful in certain circumstances, but scheduled clones with SuperDuper are better for almost everyone.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106594
(took only 2 minutes searching on Apple.com/support to find this, BTW.)
At any rate, the short answer is, you don't want to do RAID 0 (Striping). Other than in select multiuser or streaming media settings, it has no benefit, and is much riskier.
RAID 1 (Mirroring) can be useful in certain circumstances, but scheduled clones with SuperDuper are better for almost everyone.