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2007 Sep 27
6
Best option for my home file server?
...Option 2 - Buy 1x500 + 3x750
> 4x250 RaidZ - 750/250
> 3x500 Raid1 - 1000/500
> 3x750 RaidZ - 1500/750
> Equals 3250/1500
> 1x750 costs NOK 1500 = US$ 270
> 3x500 costs NOK 3000 = US$ 550
> Total US$ 820
>
> Option 3 - Buying 4x500GB disks:
> 4x250 RaidZ - 750/250
> 6x500 Raid1 - 2500/500
> Equals: 3250/750
> Cost: 4x500 costs NOK4000 = US$ 720
>
> Option 2 is not winning in either cost or space, so thats out.
> Option 1 gives me 250GB more space but costs me NOK 2000 / US$ 360 more than option 3. For NOK 2000 I could get two more 500GB disks or one b...
2010 Jan 16
95
Best 1.5TB drives for consumer RAID?
Which consumer-priced 1.5TB drives do people currently recommend?
I had zero read/write/checksum errors so far in 2 years with my trusty old Western Digital WD7500AAKS drives, but now I want to upgrade to a new set of drives that are big, reliable and cheap.
As of Jan 2010 it seems the price sweet spot is the 1.5TB drives.
As I had a lot of success with Western Digital drives I thought I would