[ale] Build-yer-own NAS server

[Pete Hardie]

On 6/6/06, J. D. Pearson <jpearson at turbocorp.com> wrote:
> Heya Pete,
>
>      You have my attention w/ the $300. Is this really possible? Do you
> mean just the price of the drives in a raid0 config?

Just the drives.  I've seen 300MB drives on special < $100, so the 1TB
is withing reach.

>
> 1. Doesn't sound bonkers to me.
> 2. (no opinion here)
> 3. A redundant array such as raid5. Minimum 3 drives, capacity of two
> out of the three drives. May need a hardware controller for this.
> 4. Probably want a decent UPS. Software raid may be a cheaper option for
> you. IDE raid5 using the motherboard sucks if it forces you to
> put one of the harddrives on the same cable as the cdrom (this screws
> performance WAY up)

Looks like I need to read up on RAID.  Any suggestions for a good primer?

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