[ale] Build-yer-own NAS server

[Christopher Fowler]

On Tue, 2006-06-06 at 14:17, Jim Popovitch wrote:
> Pete Hardie wrote:
> > 
> > Just the drives.  I've seen 300MB drives on special < $100, so the 1TB
> > is withing reach.
> 
> Just remember that 3x300MB drives doesn't come close to 1TB when used in 
> a RAID5 config.  I have 4x300MB drives (3 active, 1 spare) in a R5 
> config which yields me ~558MB of usable disk space.  I'm using a 
> HighPoint RocketRaid 1640 controller (got it cheap at MicroCenter), 
> which I highly recommend.

Agreed.  I think the 1TB device mentioned is one that uses RAID0 :(. 
Thats nice but there is a higher chance of failure with more drives and
RAID0 means if one goes all your data goes.  Or really your filesystem. 
You'll need to figure out how to get the data off the other drives of
the raid.

> 
> -Jim P.
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