I don't know that I'd recommend RAID-5 unless the usable space requirements dictate it.

These days you can get a 250GB SATA-II drive for $63. Mirror it for 250GB usable and you're at all of $126.

Sure, you could have 500GB usable in a 3x250GB RAID-5, but its overkill if you don't actually require that much space. If you want hardware RAID, you'll pay more for a card capable of RAID-5 as well.

Mike
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Quote Originally Posted by Scott
Personally, if you can afford it, I would go Raid 5. Unless you lose more than one drive at a time with Raid 5, you can still recover everything.