Background: I have a file server running Windows XP Pro. It has three 500GB drives in a RAID 5 configuration via a Syba SD-SATA-4PI card. I have just over 900GB of data on this array. I normally ...

I'm planning on upgrading the large array on my home server from 3TB to 5-8TB (depending on funds). The good news is that I'll be able to keep them both running while I do the upgrade, allowing me ...

RAID 5 is also relatively conservative with respect to disk space. Whether you have a three-disk system or a five-disk system, for example, only one disk is used to provide this redundancy.

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