Re: new raid system for home use

Thanks a lot for your comments, that helps a lot.  A couple items:

On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Mark Hahn wrote:

if you like the integrated approach (windows, etc), then just get a
sata-based storage box supported by some real company.

That was my original plan but I was too horrified by the markup.  What I'd
really like to find is someone who will build it to specification for a
small markup on parts and let me worry about supporting it.  I don't mind
software effort, but for me "it's hard where hardware is involved," ha ha,
don't hurt yourself laughing.

EVMS is afflicted by featuritis, IMO, compared to LVM.  but why do you
think you need it?

If there was a consensus here that EVMS is the bright shining future of
storage management, I figured I'd jump on the boat sooner than later.  I
like being tech-fashion forward as long as I don't bleed TOO much.

quoted

  *  Chassis: http://www.baber.com/cases/mpe_ft2_black.htm

jeez.  that's a penis surrogate.  why not just get a straightforward
3-4U rackmount chassis and sit it on a little wheeled dolly from Ikea?

I don't think they sell wheeled dollies large enough for my penis.
Actually I just picked that one after a quick web search trying to find a
non-rack with lots of drive bays.  I have bad associations with rackmount
cases but that may be irrational prejudice.

use two promise 4-port controllers and the 1-2 sata ports that come with
your MB.  you'll find that r5 is plenty fast for normal use, so you
don't need to waste a disk with a separate r1.

I was under the impression that I can't boot off raid-5, but if that
information is dated then all the better.

Thanks again.

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