Recent content by jaylow

I am really liking the Antec DF-85 case and the GIGABYTE GA-X79S-UP5-WIFI motherboard. I like the thought of having the 14 SATA/SAS ports right on the motherboard. I wouldn't have to worry about an add-in raid card. Would I need to do anything special when plugging in SATA cables to the SAS...

Wow! Thanks for the awesome replies... especially you HobartTas! I have some reading to do! I didn't realize ZFS was so cool. You've got me open to the server idea. I don't mind mapping the share... but I would want to make sure I had a good connection from my main machine to the server. I...

I am looking to build a new system with high storage... but I am new to high end raid setups. I have found the 10+ TB sticky above to be very informative... but I have some questions. I am replacing my main system... which I use continuously for downloading, gaming, and media. My Goals -...