On Wed, Aug 31, 2011 at 7:51 PM, M.L. wrote: > The OP didn't want RAID either, which is confusing to me when storing > a large amount of data. I'm assuming the OP was going to go with software RAID. Cheap hardware RAID is EVIL and should be avoided like the plague. Personally, I am a *huge* fan of OpenSolaris/Illumos and ZFS for NAS boxes. -p. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .