Amcleod wrote:
> I'm currently running 5x 2Tb drives in RAID5, so I've got ~8Tb of space online
.
>
> 2Tb is the sweet-spot right now, at about 90 bucks. In comparison, 3Tb drives
> are around $250.
>
> Personally, I don't like racks, enclosures or disk cards that do RAID
> independently. If the controller fails and you can't locate a compatible
> replacement, your data is stuck on the drives and you have no way of getting i
t
> off. I use Linux's md driver. No (potentially) irreplacible hardware to fail
.
Just curious what host OS/platform you're running... just presuming linux.. or
are you using FreeNAS (BSD Based), OpenFiler or something similar?
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