Best External Storage Solution for SOHO Setups?

Posted by Cliff on Friday May 2, 2003 @02:06AM 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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Is this cheap/large enough? by satterth · 2003-05-02 04:09 · Score: 4, Insightful

$250*1 3Ware 7500-4 (4 drive, raid 0,1,10,5)
$200*1 3Ware RDC-400 (4 bay hotswap enclosure)
$264*4 250GB Maxtor IDE Drives
=$1506 for 1.0TB (750GB Raid 5, hotswap)
You can throw all this into your system if you have 3 5-1/4 bays and a PCI slot free. Or invest in an extra computer and a couple gigabit network cards to make it external.
If you need more space than than then get a 7500-8 or 7500-12 and add more drives.

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