Re:OpenFiler (Score 2, Informative)

I started out in 1999 with an adaptec 2400a raid controller and 4 ata120 drives. Yes I have also lost raid cards and after replacing the card the raid array complete with data comes right back up. As a side note when I purchased my first 2400a it cost around $260 I just found the same card online for $58. Is it obsolete? Maybe. But it has saved me from the wrath of Wife and saved a lot of priceless family foto's. My recommendation is to start out with what you can afford. $500 is doable for a backup system. In two or three years upgrade. Put some better faster storage out there but make it hardware based. Just my opinion, but born from trying both and not being happy with the results of software raids. Dave