http://raidweb.com/ has the best mix of price/specs/warranty I've seen so far. I've used their IDE RAID units for years with great results.
They provide fiber channel units for those who "need" the extra speed... They now have units that take 4-16 drives so you can go as small as 1Tb with 300GB drives to somewhere around/over 4TB with 16 drives.
The units are pretty cheap (relatively) starting around $1500 for the smaller units, up to only about $7000 for the 16 drive fiber channel units.
As a self contained systems that are OS independent, I think they make a great choice, especially considering future growth.
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I forgot to mention that these are IDE to SCSI RAID systems, so you do need either SCSI or Fiber channel to use them...
http://raidweb.com/ has the best mix of price/specs/warranty I've seen so far. I've used their IDE RAID units for years with great results.
They provide fiber channel units for those who "need" the extra speed... They now have units that take 4-16 drives so you can go as small as 1Tb with 300GB drives to somewhere around/over 4TB with 16 drives.
The units are pretty cheap (relatively) starting around $1500 for the smaller units, up to only about $7000 for the 16 drive fiber channel units.
As a self contained systems that are OS independent, I think they make a great choice, especially considering future growth.