| Re: RAID Storage Array for my Western Digital 250gb drives? - Help! |
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Group: microsoft.public.storage · Group Profile
Author: Arno WagnerArno Wagner Date: Sep 14, 2008 23:36
In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Storage aol.com> wrote:> I have three extra Western Digital 250gb SATA drives that I'd like to put to
> use.
> My thought is to put them into a "rack" and make a 750gb RAID array out of
> them for additional storage on my PC, probably via a USB connection.
> I've heard of Drobo but is there a less expensive rack I can buy that will
> allow me to slide these three (and possibly a 4th) drives into, then RAID
> them into a 750gb virtual drive, and occasionally connect to my desktop for
> data archiving?
> It goes without saying that the rack system must be reliable. I'd appreciate
> any leads.
The first lead would be that a 3-way RAID0 or JBOD is pretty
unreliable. One disk has a problem - all data is gone. I think
with such a setup, the rack is the least of your concerns.
Still, cheap is the enemy of reliable, while expensive is not
necessarily its friend.
Arno
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