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<blockquote data-quote="yumcimil" data-source="post: 191372" data-attributes="member: 17350"><p>Another option would be to go with a linux-based PC running the built-in software RAID. It supports addition of extra drives, can transition from RAID-5 to 6, and can also resize the filesystem (depends on the FS type chosen). I've been running mine for about a year now - started with 4 x 500GB drives in RAID-5, and have now moved to 6 x 500GB. It's also survived a couple of drive failures perfectly happily (had to replace them, obviously). There are theoretical size limits, but nothing we'll be encountering in the next couple of years. Performance is perfectly satisfactory, but I'm only running two clients, but can stream HD movies to both over gigE simultaneously.</p><p></p><p>Only downside is, it requires a fair bit of messing around with configuration files and kernel compilation (the raid expansion is not compiled into standard distribution kernels by default). But, I'm extremely happy with it. I much prefer it to running it off the XP software RAID, or off the cheapie hardware RAID cards, both of which I've tried in the past.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yumcimil, post: 191372, member: 17350"] Another option would be to go with a linux-based PC running the built-in software RAID. It supports addition of extra drives, can transition from RAID-5 to 6, and can also resize the filesystem (depends on the FS type chosen). I've been running mine for about a year now - started with 4 x 500GB drives in RAID-5, and have now moved to 6 x 500GB. It's also survived a couple of drive failures perfectly happily (had to replace them, obviously). There are theoretical size limits, but nothing we'll be encountering in the next couple of years. Performance is perfectly satisfactory, but I'm only running two clients, but can stream HD movies to both over gigE simultaneously. Only downside is, it requires a fair bit of messing around with configuration files and kernel compilation (the raid expansion is not compiled into standard distribution kernels by default). But, I'm extremely happy with it. I much prefer it to running it off the XP software RAID, or off the cheapie hardware RAID cards, both of which I've tried in the past. [/QUOTE]
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