On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Joshua Penix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jul 25, 2008, at 4:47 PM, James G. Sack (jim) wrote:
>
>> Just wondering how many people here use raid on their home desktop
>
> I do as a rule. RAID1 on everything. With the cost of hard drive storage
> as low as it is, it seems ridiculous to do otherwise. Most corporate
> (Windows) PCs I purchase these days also come with RAID1 right out of the
> box.
>
> In both of these cases, I'm talking about small drives (250-320GB for home,
> as low as 80GB for corp) in the RAID1. They're only there for the OS and
> application load. I keep my bulk media storage on a NAS that has its own
> RAID5 or RAID10 configuration and is kept in a closet. I like to keep my
> desktops small and simple, not a 4-drive beast with a 600W power supply
> sitting under my desk.
What do you use or recommend for a home-sized NAS. Perhaps 1TB to
start with. I ask this because at the moment I have squirreled away
about 400GB of assorted CD and DVD .iso images of various OS distros..
And that is without starting to store a music collection.
carl
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