file server for home

[Brian Densmore]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rusty [mailto:kujayhawkbb at yahoo.com]
> Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 4:14 PM
> To: Brian Densmore
> Subject: RE: file server for home
> 
> 
> What is "Lhd"? I'm not familiar with that designation. 
Lhd = Linux hardware database
http://lhd.zdnet.com/

> If you want to do RAID 5 (software, hardware either) you still
> need 3 drives...the only RAID I know of that will do 2 is RAID
> 1. You can do RAID 0 on 2, but there's no recovery or fault
> tolerance, so really shouldn't be called "RAID" which "implies"
> recovery capabilities.
> 
I'm sorry not RAID 5, I meant RAID 1.

> 
> What kind of price range are we talking for ABit boards? Do you
> have a reputable online supplier? (like computergeeks.com or
> something?)
> 
ABit KT7A RAID $140ish - ABit KR7A Raid DDR $220ish

No place in particular.
I use pricewatch 
http://www.pricewatch.com/

to find prices, then reseller ratings to see if they're any good.
http://www.resellerratings.com/vendrank.html

Brian