Need a Raid 5 Controller

truffle00

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I have 3 x 750 GB discs in my computer. Two are fine, and a third was accidentally erased (partition was deleted).

I just bought a 1 TB drive and a 750 GB drive. I would like the 1 TB drive in my computer and the now 4 x 750 GB in the other computer under RAID 5. Now I know I need to get the one defunct drive to transfer to my computer (1 TB drive), and that's not a problem. What should I use after that, though, for the 4 x 750 GB drives?

I would like to save the data on the current 750 GB drives, if that is possible.

I probably only need to transfer movies, and I'll be connected at 1 Gb/sec. I don't need huge transfer rates, but I do not want it to take forever.

What is the best way to preserve my current data on the 2 x 750 GB drives, recover the data on the third, and end up happy?


I figure I need a RAID 5 card, please recommend me one. I can get a fifth HD for the OS. If I need more than 1 HD to recover current data tell me that.
 
Dell Perc5/i are great performers and can be had on ebay for around 120

They are actually rebadged LSI cards with 1068 chipset if my memory serves me right. You can reflash it with LSI's firmware and get support for up to 512mb ram.
 
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