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The Amazing $5k Terabyte Array

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-it-yourself dept.

An anonymous reader writes: "Running out of space on your local disk? How about a Terabyte array for only a few thousand dollars. This article at KCGeek.com shows how to put together 1000 Gigs of hard drive space for the cost of a few desktop computers." I could rip my entire anime collection for instant access! Rip all my CDs and still have .9 Terabytes left! Maybe Mirror Usenet! I guess the simple truth is that now that 100 gig drives are a couple hundred bucks, we now have the ability to store anything we reasonably could need (unless you define "Reasonable" as "I need to store DNA Sequences").

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  1. RAID by Ectropy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I wonder if it has the capacity for any RAID form, or if it already has a RAID system built in.

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  2. Yeah, just like ... by Troed · · Score: 0, Redundant
    "640kb should be enough for anyone"

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    it's in my head
  3. I can do it for $2427 by tjackson · · Score: 0, Redundant
    According to PriceWatch:

    $355 - 3ware Escalade 7810 8-port RAID Controller

    $2072 - 8x Maxtor 160GB IDE Drives ($259 each)

    You could hook these up in a 7+1 RAID5 array, and you'd have a 1.018TB Array.