04-28-2014, 06:50 AM
I never bothered with raid 5 or similar as that is only useful on a single box. I used to use raid 1, but again that is in a single box. Now I manually sync two copies with drives in two different systems.
If you want a low cost PC to house hard disks, look out of the HP microserver range. There is one model that has been on sale here for quite a while I picked up for £110 after cashback, and has 4 SATA bays. In a quick look I think they have finally got rid of them and the few around are ~£200 now. I liked it mainly as it is a small box and has 4 easily accessible drive bays, not hot swappable.
If you want a low cost PC to house hard disks, look out of the HP microserver range. There is one model that has been on sale here for quite a while I picked up for £110 after cashback, and has 4 SATA bays. In a quick look I think they have finally got rid of them and the few around are ~£200 now. I liked it mainly as it is a small box and has 4 easily accessible drive bays, not hot swappable.
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