I've decided I'm done with using multiple external drives for storage and am going to build a proper storage array. I've got around 9 TB of my BluRay and DVD movies disks ripped and spread across 11 1TB external drives. Instead of running the 6 power bars needed to run them, I wan to build a proper storage array but have no idea on which RAID card to use.
This is what I'm putting in the build so far.
Intel Core i3-3220
NORCO RPC-4220 4U Rackmount Chassis. 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W PSU
Western Digital Red 2 TB HDD (A total of 10 of them to start, more to be added later) in RAID 5, maybe RAID 6
I want to have room for growth as I buy quite a few movies every month an rip them to my external drives and then stream them to my media centre. I would need a RAID card that can handle up to 20 drives, but am not sure which raid card to use. I don't need the latest and greatest that beats the rest in speed, nor do I want something that's going to cost $400 - $800. I've never used a hardware RAID card in the past so I'm new to who's who in the zoo of RAID manufacturers.
Any suggestions?
This is what I'm putting in the build so far.
Intel Core i3-3220
NORCO RPC-4220 4U Rackmount Chassis. 20 Hot-Swappable SATA/SAS Drive Bays
GIGABYTE GA-Z68X-UD3H-B3
G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3
CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX650 V2 650W PSU
Western Digital Red 2 TB HDD (A total of 10 of them to start, more to be added later) in RAID 5, maybe RAID 6
I want to have room for growth as I buy quite a few movies every month an rip them to my external drives and then stream them to my media centre. I would need a RAID card that can handle up to 20 drives, but am not sure which raid card to use. I don't need the latest and greatest that beats the rest in speed, nor do I want something that's going to cost $400 - $800. I've never used a hardware RAID card in the past so I'm new to who's who in the zoo of RAID manufacturers.
Any suggestions?