Daniel Feenberg wrote: > A simple Linux or FreeBSD box with 12 2TB drives can be assembled for > $3,000. I wouldn't put a RAID 5 on it (because Linux and FreeBSD don't do > a good job of reconstruction after a drive failure - see > http://www.nber.org/sys-admin/linux-nas-raid.html ) but a RAID 1 will > provide reliable, but not fast storage. Suppose that the formatted storage > capacity is a third the total drive capacity - that makes the cost about > $375 per TB. > I've found RAID10 to be a reasonable option under Linux as well.
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