Thanks for the tips; I'll be sure to post back how it went. The $300 tag doesn't sound too bad if the product performs well, and having hardware RAID simplifies things like OS boot a lot compared to using volume manager. Undecided on wether to try to find room in my chieftec miditower to suspend all...

You are planning to use RAID 5 for something it isn't intended to be used for. RAID 5 is NEVER a replacement for backups, this is a very common misconception. RAID 5 is a method to reduce downtime. I beg your pardon? RAID5 is just a technology, it doesn't care about your motivations. From where I a...

As part of building a dedicated MythTV backend I figured I might as well turn the box into a NAS box as well, using the builtin gigabit ethernet and either a hardware RAID controller or logical volumes (LVM) in Linux. But before I head out and spend a lot of money it would be nice to know some real ...

sgtpokey wrote:I actually just bought the a-tech 4x Mass Storage case, so you'll know my thoughts in a few weeks.

Yes, please keep us posted. If the ATech case lives up to expectations then that is definitely the ultimate quiet disk solution so far.

Thanks for the feedback to both of you. Inti, that pizza box looks just fantastic. It's really expensive, but I'm actually debating wether to get one anyway. Thanks also for the tips on optimum HDD orientation - if I do build a system of my own I'll keep it in mind. I agree that cable management wou...

Lately, I've been playing with the idea of building a combined MythTV backend and NAS server. Since it will be sitting on a shelf in my office / guest room, it would have to be near quiet - ie below ambient noise threshold from a distance of a few feet. Rather than sticking everything inside a big t...