1TB Raid?

["Chris Bond" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well sorta on topic for a change cos its for my HA stuff =3D)

Just wondering the cheapest solutions people have found to implement=20
a 1TB Raid.

Looks like 4 x 250GB SATA drives are about going to be about =A3480.=20=20
Im not sure about what case to host these in or what raid card to go=20
for, i'd want RAID5 minimum on it incase on of the drives go tits up=20
and thats all my mp3's gone.  It also needs to be queit as it'll be=20
in my office.

Phil found a nice firewire case that holds 8 ide drives, im a bit=20
nervous in using software raid because of the data on there.  SATA=20
drives are only about =A32 more these days but offer better speed,=20
tider cables etc seems a more sensible choice than IDE.

It would be nice if i had the option to upgrade by adding a few extra=20
250GB drives at a later stage too, with RAID5 im taking about 33%=20
loss leaving about 670GB of space.  Then I can take it upto a true=20
RAID5 1TB later on.

The lacie 1TB bigger disk looks amazing value for money considering=20
its size and connections on it (works out at about =A3660), but once=20
again its lacking RAID5.

Any ideas or suggestions, without going OTT price wise - ideally i'd=20
like to come in no more than =A3600-700 for the lot which seems hard=20
considering all of the above.