[mythtv-users] RAID suggestions?

[Blammo]

On 10/25/07, Greg Arena <gma at gmadigitaldesign.com> wrote:
>        I just recently bought a trio of 500 GB SATA hard disks
> that I want to put together in a RAID 5 configuration for my
> MythTV box. These will only be used for storing recordings &
> videos - I have an 80GB PATA drive in place that I'll keep there
> for the OS, MythTV software, logs, etc. I plan to use Linux's
> software RAID support - true hardware RAID was just too
> expensive.

In my own personal MythTV journey I ended up at Hardware Raid5 (3ware)
and wish I had done it a LOT sooner. 3-4% CPU load under full-bore
read/writes, OS independance,etc... Well worth it. Take the $200-$400
hit (depending on the card/channels) and go HW Raid. Well worth it...