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Zilly
1st of October 2007 (Mon), 16:14
callign tec heads
im looking at getting a large (1tb maby more) want to set it up for raid 5. I know you need hardware to be able to do anything more than raid 1. Obviously I carnt add any hard ware to my imac so are there any enclosures that will allow me to run a raid 5 configuration???
buto
2nd of October 2007 (Tue), 00:03
i've heard great things about this:

http://www.drobo.com

Or if you want to run a NAS. Here are some reviews:

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/networking/nas/
CyberDyneSystems
2nd of October 2007 (Tue), 00:15
It's definitely an External only option,..
There are a lot of options, but all pretty pricey.

What interfaces does your Imac have? I'd think Firewire800 bare minimum to take advantage of the RAID 5 performance,.. but better yet would be E-Sata,. do Imac's do E-Sata?
NAS is handy, but loses the performance benefits I would imagine (I may be wrong .. how does Gigabit Ethernet compare to Firewire8000 and E-Sata? )

3 Ware is one of the more reputable RAID companies,;
http://www.3ware.com/products/Ext_serial_ata2-9000.asp
Zilly
2nd of October 2007 (Tue), 07:41
Ive looked at the drobo but they work out at $600 here before you start adding drives to it so its a really expensive option. Just wondering if there are any better alternatives

My imac has usb 2 and firewire 800 no e-sata
will look in to 3ware

thanks
Zepher
2nd of October 2007 (Tue), 15:50
just build a PC and use it as an NAS.
here is an article I found,
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/27840/77/

Or a stand alone with Gigabit Nic,
http://www.amazon.com/Terastation-TB-Nas-Raid-USB/dp/B000FN6CPE

That Drobo is cool, but since it is only USB, it does transfer kind of slow (from what I read from users of the device)
Zilly
2nd of October 2007 (Tue), 16:01
just build a PC and use it as an NAS.
here is an article I found,
http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/27840/77/

Or a stand alone with Gigabit Nic,
http://www.amazon.com/Terastation-TB-Nas-Raid-USB/dp/B000FN6CPE

That Drobo is cool, but since it is only USB, it does transfer kind of slow (from what I read from users of the device)

*round of applause for the most common sense answer of the day