Help me pick HDs for my RAID server

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Gawd
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I am about to pull the trigger on this. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816132015
The reason I am getting this and not a NAS or one of the HPs is because I am not planning on doing any network or remote access. I don't need anything special, just need lots and lots of space, in one drive, in a small sleek package. I will be running RAID 0. This will not be backup. I have other ways to backup my important data. Not important to me to backup the backups of movies that I own.

Anyway, my question was, can you help me pick out some hard drives? I want to go with 2 or 3 now, and I will get the rest at another time. So many choices...
 
I would like to get 1.5 TB or 1 TB. What ever has more GB/$. Need at least 3 TB. So either 3 1 TB, or 2 1.5 TB and will decide if I want to get more from there.
 
Personally I would go with the 1.5 Tb drives, their in the sweet spot for pricing right now. I have always had good luck with WD, and am trying Samsung now. I also have Seagates.....lol, so I suppose if you go with a good brand youll be ok. And make sure theyre kept cool.
 
AFAIK, 1.5TB is the best price point right now. I always loved Seagate, even during the 1.5TB debacle (I own 2 that haven't failed or had issue). But I am also running WD 2TB's now.
 
I have some 1TBs for sale @ $60ea if your interested
 
Is there any 1.5tb Raid hard drive certified for 24/7 operation and suitable for a QNAP 509 Pro? I haven't been able to locate one.

Any ideas?
 
After you create your array on the controller you will boot into windows, and windows will ask you to initialize the disk/array.

There is a checkbox for MBR and one for GPT.
 
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