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Yes, the parity drive has to be as large as your largest data drive.

If you considering a linux NAS solution you might want to look into unRAID. I use it to stream content to a modded xbox running XBMC (can't handle HD stuff though becuase of the xbox). Running HD stuff to my computers in the house works just fine though. You can read about unRAID on the...

Your best bet is to ask this question on the unRAID forum. If I am correct in the card you are thinking about you can use this in the newest build of unRAID (4.5.3). Support was just added for it so there are not a lot of people using it BUT limetech themselves is using the card in there...

I am not a fan of Drobo either, mostly because of the proprietary nature of the RAID. I use an OS called unRAID that is based off of Slackware linux. It does not stripe data and create a FS on each individual drive. This has the benefit of allowing a drive to be removed and data recovered...

Each disk does had its own file system. There are many advantages to this and a few disadvantages. Advantage: drives can be taken out and mounted using any linux system that can recognize the Reiser FS you can lose one drive and rebuild all your data. lose 2 at the same time you lose the...

Take a look at unRAID. It should fit the bill pretty well for your needs. Adding more drives as you go along is about as easy as it can be. Just read up on the unRAID forum and the unRAID wiki for an idea of how unRAID works.

Also look into crashplan. I have moved to using there service and it works really well for my needs. I backup to a server I own and to there cloud storage. I also purchased the Family plan and my parents and sister backup under my account also. Works really well and I know have a backup of...

The hotswap bays are very nice and handy to have but they can be the absolute bane of your existence if something were to go wrong with them. I tend to stay away from them and use something like this from LIAN LI or similar stuff from CoolerMaster.

Take a look at unRAID. It gives you the parity protection of a RAID 5 but without some of the pitfalls. You can expand the array very easily with any size drive (assuming it is smaller then the parity drive) Each drive has its own Rieser FS on it so if more then one drive in the array is...

You can insert a new drive that is bigger then the parity, assign it to the parity slot, move the current parity to a data slot, and then start the array again, it will go about doing its thing no problem. The only thing you have to be aware of is that the expansion will take a while and the...

Hey bluesdoggy, I saw your post about unRAID and figured I would chime in as I am currently using it with my MBP. The way unRAID expands its storage and restores your data if a drive were to go down is that it uses the parity drive in concert with all the data drives to rebuild the...

Since your looking for basic file serving and a low power system, check out unRAID. The forum is very good and can also answer just about any question you can throw at them relating to unRAID. Also be sure to read up on the wiki and the Topical Index for some info.

You mention a 120GB drive for the OS but i was wondering what OS you are planning on using. Look into a product called unRAID (do a google search). It is what i use for my server OS at my house and it is working very well for my needs.

Take a look at unRAID. It will allow you to mix and match drive sizes. It also protects all your data via a parity drive.

Of course. I have some of my stuff accessible to the outside world. Via port forwarding and that kinda stuff I can get to the management page if I want (note: if you do this make sure to set a VERY VERY strong root password for the system). This is one of the reason I also went with unRAID...