https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/faulty-hard-drive-question/m-p/5635981#M149024 Yes, 250GB drive will work in this situation. Just confirm that the RPM of both HDDs are same.<BR />The RAID will only use 160GB of space from the new HDD as required by RAID configuration in your sitation.<BR /><BR />** If found useful, please assign kudos located at the left hand side.<BR />Thanks. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:41:06 GMT Hiren N Dave 2012-04-26T08:41:06Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/faulty-hard-drive-question/m-p/5635925#M149023 <P>ive got a 2x160 gb hard drives in my proliant dl180 server and i have raided them together into raid 1</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>one of the drives went faulty so i called HP and they sent me a 250gb hard drive instead of a 160gb, i said it is part of a raid and will the 250gb one they sent me still work with the 160gb in the raid array, they said yes it will</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>will the 250gb work with the 160gb in the raid array, please?</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:21:09 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/faulty-hard-drive-question/m-p/5635925#M149023 robkwild 2012-04-26T08:21:09Z https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/faulty-hard-drive-question/m-p/5635981#M149024 Yes, 250GB drive will work in this situation. Just confirm that the RPM of both HDDs are same.<BR />The RAID will only use 160GB of space from the new HDD as required by RAID configuration in your sitation.<BR /><BR />** If found useful, please assign kudos located at the left hand side.<BR />Thanks. Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:41:06 GMT https://community.hpe.com/t5/proliant-servers-ml-dl-sl/faulty-hard-drive-question/m-p/5635981#M149024 Hiren N Dave 2012-04-26T08:41:06Z