Paired HDs for Library and Vault?

When I did the T3 a few years back (A1.5), the instructor said that the Library and the Vault should be on exactly the same size, brand etc Hard Drives and that they should be the only things on those drives. I don't even remember the rationale now, but I think it was the idea that the vault is a mirror of the Library. In any case, I've had it that way for years.
I recently had problems with the vault drive and created a new vault on another drive that's not a match. My question is whether this ever mattered, and if it matters now.
I really don't see why it would considering that the vault really isn't an EXACT mirror of the library anyway. Also, that recommendation included the use of a fully managed library which I no longer do.
(However, I do still use dedicated drives. I think that matters.)
DLS

I've never done this, in 4 years of use of Aperture.
I don't think it's necessary.

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