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I have to wonder if you really need the external raid array. If what you're ripping to FLACs and storing them for a rainy day, raid is perhaps the worst solution. Say it with me here. "RAID is not a backup solution. Raid is a high speed/availability solution"

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Buy two USB2.0 enclosures and two hard drives. All your flacs should fit on one 200gb hard drive, so buy something slightly larger. Copy all your FLACs to both. Take one and leave it at your office or some other physical location. You'll have a more secure backup system for much less money.

Matthew


I need both space for backup and regular daily use. I haven't yet gotten to back-up. For now I just need a place to store the CDs I have in FLAC format. RAID may indeed be overkill and beyond my computer skills. As for back up, I don't know, perhaps a secondary external drive....