RE: Cheapest way to acheive RAID5 ?

["Jonathan @ Home" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

RAID5 is reliable because you can lose one disk from an array and still
maintain data integrity. Down side is you always lose 1/n disks where n is
the number of disks. RAID5 is only good if you replace the lost disk before
you lose another on, then you are stuffed. I think SATA2 support hot swap
which has been around the SCSI for yonks. We use on all our data servers
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most of our clients have deeper pockets than I do.

Best option might be to buy a tower case and build yourself a file server,
it is what me and my fellow geeks do.=20=20

Cheers
Jonathan (who got burgled at the weekend and is now fitting an alarm)

-----Original Message-----
From: Dean Barrett [mailto:dean@xxxxxxx]=20
Sent: 13 April 2005 08:26
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: [ukha_d] Cheapest way to acheive RAID5 ?


As im now a fully fledged Cinemar convert i'm starting to grow my hard
driv=
e
based DVD collection. Reading about reliable solutions i've noticed RAID5
mentioned a few times as the safest way to keep your collection.
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Had a quick Google and look round EBay, and see a selection of controllers
from =A330 up - on overclockers there are a couple of RAID 0,1,5,10 JBOD
ca=
rds
at =A370.00 which look good - in both SATA and Standard, as i have a
standa=
rd
250gig i guess i should stick with the standard one.
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Has one got any advice on this type of thing ? - i assume i shall have to
scrap my Shuttle to get 5 drives in a box, i also assume i'll need a bigger
PSU etc.
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Suggestions appreciated, and is RAID5 the best way to protect them ?
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Is anyone else using Amazon to boost their DVD collection ? - 6 DVD's for
=A39.99 a month, should have a good collection by the end of the year ;)
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Dean.
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