- Aug 8, 2013
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Hi there
I am looking for a RAID controller based on the following, I have tried some local sources here in deepest darkest Africa without much luck.
6 x 2TB WD Green SATA drives
RAID 5 (seems to be the best solution without losing a lot of space)
Hardware Raid (from what I've read it appears better)
OS & MB are currently 64bit
Running 2008 or 2012 Server
This is running a home media/file server so some redundancy is great however everything is backed up, the card should be compatible with 3TB and 4TB drives.
The case is a Lian-Li PCX2000FN (http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-x2000fn) so there is plenty of space.
I am currently running 8 SATA drives on a 450W Power Supply, is this sufficient ?
Thanks in advance!
I am looking for a RAID controller based on the following, I have tried some local sources here in deepest darkest Africa without much luck.
6 x 2TB WD Green SATA drives
RAID 5 (seems to be the best solution without losing a lot of space)
Hardware Raid (from what I've read it appears better)
OS & MB are currently 64bit
Running 2008 or 2012 Server
This is running a home media/file server so some redundancy is great however everything is backed up, the card should be compatible with 3TB and 4TB drives.
The case is a Lian-Li PCX2000FN (http://www.lian-li.com/en/dt_portfolio/pc-x2000fn) so there is plenty of space.
I am currently running 8 SATA drives on a 450W Power Supply, is this sufficient ?
Thanks in advance!
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