I had a drive fail in my RAID 1 configuration, the failure was on the primary OS partition (Windows 7). I sought to replace the failed drive with an identical drive so I searched the internet by the part number and while I found several hits, they were all discontinued and no longer being sold since the model is about 4 yrs old now. The model is as follows:
SEAGATE BARACUDA
1TB 7200RPM 32MB BUFFER
SERIAL ATA II/300, 3.5INCH
SEAGATE PIPELINE HD SERIES
If I want to replace this drive with a newer model what things do I need to be most concerned with matching in these specs to ensure that my RAID array will be able to be restored perfectly and function as it did previously? I've already pulled my data off the good drive in the array to a secondary location for safekeeping
Much thanks for any tips, I've never actually done this myself so its a new experience for me and I want to make sure I get it right and everything goes smoothly.
SEAGATE BARACUDA
1TB 7200RPM 32MB BUFFER
SERIAL ATA II/300, 3.5INCH
SEAGATE PIPELINE HD SERIES
If I want to replace this drive with a newer model what things do I need to be most concerned with matching in these specs to ensure that my RAID array will be able to be restored perfectly and function as it did previously? I've already pulled my data off the good drive in the array to a secondary location for safekeeping
Much thanks for any tips, I've never actually done this myself so its a new experience for me and I want to make sure I get it right and everything goes smoothly.