So I purchased a used H700 so I could utilize a couple 5tb sata drives I had laying around. I know using non enterprise drives is not the best idea especially in my current raid 0 config.
All that aside: I have 2 toshiba PH3500U-1I72 drives in that raid 0 config. I want to purchase a third but found a "updated" version X300 HDWE150XZSTA about $80 cheaper than the ones I already have in the raid 0 array. The reason I want another drive is to wipe the raid 0 and go to raid 5 for a little bit of a safety net for my NON enterprise drives that I know are not rated for servers. Is this worth trying since they are so similar to save a few bucks or will the firmware and other differences not allow me to proceed?
This is not a production server only storage for media and used to study for certs and mess around with labs. I have qty 4 500gb SAS Dell drives in the same server that I have to reconfigure since I loose a drive once I purchase another.
Thanks for any input and your time.