Recommendation for RAID 5 Setup

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aliasxneo

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Hello,

I'm looking to extend my media server to employ a RAID 5 setup for redundancy of my media collection. I legally own all movies and have invested hundreds of hours into ripping them onto the server and therefore want to invest into ensuring I don't have to do it again.

I looked into consumer options but think it would be better in this case to use a RAID driver with some WD NAS drives to accomplish the same thing.

For reference, here is my existing build: http://pcpartpicker.com/user/aliasxneo/saved/#view=k3J323

I intend on buying 4 of these to establish the RAID 5: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822236344&cm_re=WD_red_3tb-_-22-236-344-_-Product

However, I've never setup a hardware RAID array before and have no experience with picking RAID controllers. I'm looking for something that would operate at the hardware level and just present one logical drive to the linux host.

Can anyone recommend something that could accomplish that and fit in this setup?
 
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Redundancy of your media collection is good, but having a RAID is not a good independent option. I would recommend having a RAID as the first line of defense and having some else primary that controls your redundancy, maybe a backup solution.

As far as the RAID controller, I would research this first. Each controller comes with it's own firmware/software, and these things will control what all you can do with it (i.e. some RAID controllers only allow modifications through BIOS, some allow it through a GUI you can install through software). Lot's to keep in mind here. The hard drives look good, but I would be careful about having a hot swap, just in case.

As for a backup solution, I would recommend a local backup solution (Windows has a feature like this installed). I would get an external drive big enough to hold your load and go from there.
 
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Yeah, the hot swappable part is what is really bugging me. The existing case I have will not support it which in turn drives me to consumer options, but then I look at the price tag and turn back to my media server :p

I have every intention to backup my media on AWS as an ultimate backup option, the RAID was to just provide redundancy from hardware failure.
 
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