Good RAID Controllers?

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   Hi all, 

I've been happily gaming on my digital storm for nearly 2 years, and am starting to use it as a server to back up everything. I'm running out of room and afraid of my hard drive failing, so I'm starting to look at setting up a RAID. 

I think a RAID 5 of 3 WD 1TB Caviar Blacks would meet my needs (2TB of space, with redundancy), although the option of adding more drives would be nice, (I don't have that much data, but you never know right?). I currently have one WD 1TB Caviar Black in my system. 

I guess I have two questions: 

1. Would a NAS be a cheaper solution while still having a RAID? 

2. Are there any particular RAID controllers that are really good?

Thank you!

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sneaky George W Members Profile Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Groupie Joined: 13 Jun 2011 Online Status: Offline Posts: 196	Quote Reply Topic: Good RAID Controllers? Posted: 11 Nov 2012 at 1:55pm
	Hi all, I've been happily gaming on my digital storm for nearly 2 years, and am starting to use it as a server to back up everything. I'm running out of room and afraid of my hard drive failing, so I'm starting to look at setting up a RAID. I think a RAID 5 of 3 WD 1TB Caviar Blacks would meet my needs (2TB of space, with redundancy), although the option of adding more drives would be nice, (I don't have that much data, but you never know right?). I currently have one WD 1TB Caviar Black in my system. I guess I have two questions: 1. Would a NAS be a cheaper solution while still having a RAID? 2. Are there any particular RAID controllers that are really good? Thank you!
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