Friday, November 23, 2007

Time for RAID-6

Areca ARC-1220 PCI-Express 8 Port SATA RAID Controller
$479 - http://www.pc-pitstop.com/sata_raid_controllers/arc1220.asp
$519 - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816131004

$129 - Areca ARC-6120 Battery Backup Module SC-ARC-6120
$299 - Lian-Li PC-201B
$90 - CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) (plus $40 rebate)
240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400)
Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model TWIN2X2048-6400C4

$109 - AMD Athlon X2 BE-2400 Brisbane 2.3GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket AM2 Processor
$88 - SeaSonic S12 II SS-380GB ATX12V 380W Power Supply





Seems the WD Enterprise drives have 5-year warranty, like Seagate, and given my trouble with Seagate drives lately, I'll probably switch back to WD for the power savings (GreenPower line).

WD RE2-GP 1 TB - WD1000FYPS
WD RE2-GP 750 GB - WD7500AYPS

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