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so you'd recommend something like 4 500gigs? (And in that case, 500gigs seems like a lot to waste in a raid of 2TB...)

Doesn't using 500GB drives diminish your GB/$ ratio in raid 5, though? (N-1)S where N = number of drives and S = smallest drive...

I mean more like 4-6 HDs. What about using a combination of the mobo controller and a cheap pci controller?

Oh my, look at my register time/post number (heh, just had to say).

I'm looking to get the most storage I can for cheap, including the ability to connect the storage (likely with SATA expansion card), using a raid (on linux of course - so it can be a software raid). I just need lots of storage for cheap, and using a raid (5 probably) should ensure all the...

didnt know there was poor support for sata...might go with ultra 320 then [=_-]...

Does anyone know if the NCQ will work in linux???