Originally Posted by Mikey likes it
Thanks ScottC.
A little more detail: I envision this being a stand-alone box, as my desktop (Mac G5) is full at two drives. I imagine that I'll need an enclosure, the six drives you mention, a RAID controller and a network card? Any idea what that might cost, and if I can do it myself with some kind of "Dummies" book?
There are some newer 'consumer' oriented Serial-ATA (SATA) external enclosures that will hold 2-8 drives. SATA would be the better way to go today. Don't mess with PATA (parallel-IDE) drives. SATA drives are just as cheap as their IDE brethren. You can then buy the size drives you want and install in the enclosures, configure for RAID (mirror), and you should be set.
If your MOBO (G5) doesn't support SATA drives, then you can buy an SATA add-in card - most all support some level of RAID. (Does the G5 support PCI cards? I think it does.). I'm not a Mac guy.
However, if you decide to put together another server box - running Windows Server 2003, any new, decent MOBO will support SATA drives and the BIOS will support RAID configurations. Checkout the following link for ideas....
http://www.provantage.com/buy-73war0...c-shopping.htm
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