Brian Beuning wrote:

> You might consider something like this.
>
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=3344651&CatId=1206
> 
> It has
> 
> 1. Chassis with space for 6 disks
> 2. Dual quad core AMD 2.0 GHz CPU (probably overkill, FYI I am CPU
> brand agnostic)
> 3. 8GB RAM (room for 32GB)
> 4. 3x 500 GB disks, I suggest mirroring 2 disks with the 3rd for a hot
> spare 5. price $2300

With that you'd be giving up the dual-drive failure resiliency.  With
large, cheap disks, being able to survive a dual-drive failure makes a
lot of sense, IMO.


/Per Jessen, Zürich

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