Building a cheap RAID-5 NAS?
I’m thinking of builing a cheap RAID-5 NAS for my home network of two dekstops and two laptops. I want a NAS that works 24/7 and does not cost the Earth.
So far, the Buffalo Terrastation is at the top of my list. Any other suggestions?
I saw in Tom’s Hardware’s website, you can build a software RAID-5 array using XP. Is it worth taking that approach? I don’t think it will be any cheaper because you need a whole new PC just for that purpose. Please share your thoughts.
Here is a highly rated article from Digg "How to build an NAS in 1 hour" (see link).
On another note, I just bought a new montherboard for my system and it has serial ATA mirroring built in. Can’t get much easier than that, although not RAID 5. But for a $50 motherboard and a few cheap drives it is a great solution.
When you are ready to buy something start off at
http://NinjaDeals.blogspot.com
to get some great prices and help those that try to help you.
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Here is a highly rated article from Digg "How to build an NAS in 1 hour" (see link).
On another note, I just bought a new montherboard for my system and it has serial ATA mirroring built in. Can’t get much easier than that, although not RAID 5. But for a $50 motherboard and a few cheap drives it is a great solution.
When you are ready to buy something start off at
http://NinjaDeals.blogspot.com
to get some great prices and help those that try to help you.
References :
http://www.digg.com/hardware/Build_your_own_NAS_in_under_1_hr.
Comment by fwiiw — February 25, 2010 @ 5:00 am