I’m building a new array, RAID-1 this time.

Cost	Description
$137	Firmtek Seritek/1VE4 Controller
$95	4 x 1m eSATA cables
$210	4 drive LCD tray SATA enclosure
$225	Seagate 7200.8 400GB
$217	WD Caviar SE16 400GB
$255	Seagate 7200.8 400GB
$255	WD Caviar RE2 400GB

I’m buying different brands from different vendors as I plan on running on SW RAID this time and want to minimize simultaneous failure (what I should have done to begin with I guess). This will be a dedicated backup system, and I’ll need to buy/find a good archival tool…