Here is the controller I have: http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/internal_raid/megaraid_sata/megaraid_sata_1506/index.html
Not the greatest but (knock on wood) stable and reliable so far. The max size supported is 2 TB which isn't too bad. On 11/4/06, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I have a couple striped arrays, but nothing redundant. The data I just can't live without (email, documents, etc) is backed up nightly. While the loss of episodes would suck, they are, ultimately, all recoverable. I'm considering making the four 7200.10's in my HTPC into a RAID5 array. My brother just tried out an 8 port Areca...120MB/s RAID5 write over 3 disks is very impressive. It's just tough to spend several hundred on a quality controller when I can get over a TB more storage for the same cost. :) By the way, you might want to make sure that MegaRAID controller supports single volumes > 2.0TB...you might have to break up your new space and consolidate in software (dynamic disks?). Greg > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 5:12 PM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] RAID 5 upgrade planning > > Greg, what are you using? RAID arrays? > > On 11/4/06, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Time to burn, label, and index a disc, cost of media, reliability of media, > > quantity of media, small size of media, time to locate and insert a disc, > > etc...that's why I have 4.0TB in this box and 2.6TB in my HTPC... > > > > Greg > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 > > > Sent: Saturday, November 04, 2006 4:41 PM > > > To: The Hardware List > > > Subject: Re: [H] RAID 5 upgrade planning > > > > > > you got to be kidding, do you really watch all this stored media ? Why not > > burn some > > > off to DVD. ( rhetorical ) > > > fp > > > > > > At 02:28 PM 11/4/2006, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: > > > > > > >When I built my HTPC a year ago I used a MegaRAID controller and 5 > > > >250GB SATA drives. This gave me a RAID 5 array with about 1.1 TB > > > >usable. Things have been working quite well, except that I am down to > > > >my last 100GB of free space. > > > > > > -- > > > Tallyho ! ]:8) > > > Taglines below ! > > > -- > > > The most popular form of birth control: The headache. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Brian
-- Brian
