Raid 1 vs Raid 5

“I think I might be cursed” thread – Too Many Hard Drive Failures

November 5, 2013

WD Red 3 TB NAS Hard Drive SATA III 64 MB Cache WD30EFRX

A thread over at http://ask.metafilter.com/251359/I-think-i-might-be-cursed discusses what to do after too many drive failures. There are quite a few good posts which lead to the conclusion that Synology is the way to … [Read more...]

Raid 1 vs Raid 5 Cost Comparison

November 5, 2013

I did a cost comparison using current prices on Amazon to see what the difference in price is between a 4 bay NAS using two Raid 1 volumes and one Raid 5 volume. As you can see, going with Raid 1 arrays means about a 30% … [Read more...]