Raid 1 help please...

[steveinspain]

I have 2 1TB hard drives plus a 750gb.
One 1TB is fast filling up with music, and I will need more space soon.I have a lot of photos as well.
Now, the plan is to have one HD purely for music, another purely for photo's, then 2 more as back-ups, with a fifth for OS, programs etc..
How do I do this, and is it a good idea ? I know nothing about raid or raid controllers, but do know that I am not very good at backing up or copying over to an external HD.
I can fit 5 HD's into my case, but would an old pc case be a better place to store all the HD's ?
Tell me all you know, clever folks !
Cheers
Steve

 

[steveinspain]

Hi FaceplantSi and thanks - clearly one of the clever folks !

MoBo is an Asus P5QL pro, 8400 chip and 4gb memory.
I do want mirror raid so would be getting 2 pairs of HD's (ie same size) but know little about NAS. Why might it be a beter solution, apart from being expandable (not that that isn't enough..!)

 

[steveinspain]

Hmmm.
Thanks again Fella, but its not good news is it - poor old wallet..!
I guess for now it will have to be a few external drives to copy it all to untill I can afford to get a NAS setup sorted.
I am looking into changing the file format I keep my music in to reduce space which may help, but having close to 3000 cds will take space whatever ! I do have an old system but want to use it for internet for the family, so mine can go into the music room for my use.
Much appreciate all your help on this - if you want to help out further, please send money to me at my address...