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Best External Storage Solution for SOHO Setups?

Posted by Cliff on from the gigabytes-for-the-small-or-home-office dept.

terradyn asks: "Recently, I've been looking for a cheap external storage subsystem solution. Aside from the fibre channel high end solutions out there (IBM FastT, HP EVA, etc.), I haven't been able to find much for the SOHO type market. My current best possibility is this. It provides the capacity and interface type I was looking for (8 bay, ATA6, 1394) but lacks features like RAID5 or NAS type abilities. Has anyone found a better solution with at least RAID5 in a similar or smaller form factor for use in the home (I need the space/speed/reliability for video work)?"

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  1. 3ware by cyb97 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Have you taken a look at 3ware ?
    They make RAID controllers with RAID5 support, all based on ATA-IDE drives, the biggest controller supporting up to 12 drives.
    They also support hotswap and all the other goodies you'd expect of a SCSI-RAID-system, but at the price of IDE ;-). (NO I do NOT work for them, nor do I resell them, just another happy customer).
    There's hardware support for win/linux/freebsd (Not sure about Mac, but I've tried it under the 3 mentioned and it worked like a charm).