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Limp Gawd
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Hi Guys, I have a quick question for those that know alot more than I...
I have always wanted to migrate to a raid 5 or raid 6 setup for my home server. I really just want something stable that will do Raid 5 with 6x2TB HDDs (Or 4 depending on my budget).
Anyways, I favor reliability over performance as I dont do anything very taxing with the server (pretty much just runs Plex and uTorrent). So as such, I want to keep the budget low so I can put as much money into hard-drives as possible.
There are TONS of Dell Perc 6/i cards on ebay for around $45 or so, and they will do exactly what I want. Are they still an OK option?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PERC-6...US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item1e888090cd
All my drives are SATA III, but I dont really foresee that as being a problem. I currently have 2 WD Red drives and a 2 TB Samsung drive, which I may or may not use in the final config (depending on stability. I plan to buy 2 more WD Red drives though (for a total of 4x2TB drives at minimum). I may do some experimenting with Raid 6 as well, but I need a controller first so I can start tinkering
What do you all suggest?? I am kind of lost when it comes to this stuff
I have always wanted to migrate to a raid 5 or raid 6 setup for my home server. I really just want something stable that will do Raid 5 with 6x2TB HDDs (Or 4 depending on my budget).
Anyways, I favor reliability over performance as I dont do anything very taxing with the server (pretty much just runs Plex and uTorrent). So as such, I want to keep the budget low so I can put as much money into hard-drives as possible.
There are TONS of Dell Perc 6/i cards on ebay for around $45 or so, and they will do exactly what I want. Are they still an OK option?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/DELL-PERC-6...US_Internal_Network_Cards&hash=item1e888090cd
All my drives are SATA III, but I dont really foresee that as being a problem. I currently have 2 WD Red drives and a 2 TB Samsung drive, which I may or may not use in the final config (depending on stability. I plan to buy 2 more WD Red drives though (for a total of 4x2TB drives at minimum). I may do some experimenting with Raid 6 as well, but I need a controller first so I can start tinkering
What do you all suggest?? I am kind of lost when it comes to this stuff
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