I am finally going to take the plunge and reorganise 15 years worth of hard drive storage.
Over time I've replaced my PCs, but my upgrade method has always been to image the hard drive over to a partition on the new PC and keep it in case data is needed.
What I have now is (Most specs dropped except disk space):
Server: Windows 2003 SBS with 250Gb data area and 40Gb boot. (96% total used)
Desktop 1: Windows XP with 40Gb Raptor, 2x80Gb Data areas and 200Gb data area. (93% total used)
Desktop 2: Windows XP with 40Gb 7200RPM (95% used)
Media Centre: Windows XP with 500Gb (RAID-1) (75% used)
Laptop 1: Windows XP/Linux Dual Boot, 100Gb 5200RPM (80% used)
Laptop 2: Windows XP, 80Gb, (76% used)
That's a lot of crap, and a lot of it is duplicated.
What I want to do is add a bunch of HD's to the 2003 Server in a new chassis that can cope with several disks.
It needs to be reasonably quiet and have around 1.5-2.0 Terrabytes of available storage ideally in RAID-5.
Looking for suggestions for:
1. Brand/Model of hard drive. I've heard Samsung/Seagate are currently liked. I dislike Maxtor intensly (reliability issues) and WD aren't that great anymore (Raptors excluded).
2. Brand/Model for a case - ideally midi size and sub £100.
3. Anyone who uses a particular RAID-5 card and wishes to make a suggestion is welcome for a controller card. I've recently used the 3Ware cards and they were excellent...
Over time I've replaced my PCs, but my upgrade method has always been to image the hard drive over to a partition on the new PC and keep it in case data is needed.
What I have now is (Most specs dropped except disk space):
Server: Windows 2003 SBS with 250Gb data area and 40Gb boot. (96% total used)
Desktop 1: Windows XP with 40Gb Raptor, 2x80Gb Data areas and 200Gb data area. (93% total used)
Desktop 2: Windows XP with 40Gb 7200RPM (95% used)
Media Centre: Windows XP with 500Gb (RAID-1) (75% used)
Laptop 1: Windows XP/Linux Dual Boot, 100Gb 5200RPM (80% used)
Laptop 2: Windows XP, 80Gb, (76% used)
That's a lot of crap, and a lot of it is duplicated.
What I want to do is add a bunch of HD's to the 2003 Server in a new chassis that can cope with several disks.
It needs to be reasonably quiet and have around 1.5-2.0 Terrabytes of available storage ideally in RAID-5.
Looking for suggestions for:
1. Brand/Model of hard drive. I've heard Samsung/Seagate are currently liked. I dislike Maxtor intensly (reliability issues) and WD aren't that great anymore (Raptors excluded).
2. Brand/Model for a case - ideally midi size and sub £100.
3. Anyone who uses a particular RAID-5 card and wishes to make a suggestion is welcome for a controller card. I've recently used the 3Ware cards and they were excellent...