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Originally Posted by DBConz  ok, i agree with what these other guys are saying, but dont want to start listing off letters if it's over your head. RAID5 needs a minimum of 3 identical hard drives. the more you use, the faster and more space you get. price and how many drives you can fit into a case will be your factor. for instance, i bought four 500gb drives for $300, and a RAID5 card for my server that ran me $150. one of the drives goes to error checking fo RAID, so i have 1.5tb of space for $450.
what are you looking for as far as networking? looking for a big wireless network? are you looking for remote access to your files and/or computer? |
uh...i think thats a little over kill for what i need right now. If i get a server class machine i'd probably go that route. I'm sure RAID 1 with 2 350gb drives is plenty.... I'm pretty sure i have an open slot in my tower...can i just pop it in there and use some microsoft utility to mirror my c:\?