u/Only_Statement2640

I’m trying to understand the impact of running a 7200 rpm HDD together with a 5400 rpm HDD in a mirrored (RAID 1) setup. My understanding is that overall performance will be limited by the slower 5400 rpm drive, so any extra performance from the 7200 rpm drive won’t really be realized.

So in this configuration, does the 7200 rpm drive effectively runs at 5400 rpm or whether it continues to spin at 7200 rpm, with the system simply matching performance to the slower drive?

say I run this combo in a mirror. From what I understand, the performance will follow the common denominator, thereby not realizing performance gain from the 7200rpm.

Does the 7200rpm drive then runs at 5400rpm or continues to spin at 7200?

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I cant view the container logs because the container fails really quickly.