Hello, Recently, my old home Linux server had a hardware failure :-(. Thankfully the disk is good and I copied the data off onto another one temporarily until I get a new installation done (it's weird - it boots fine, but the NIC and a SCSI card fail to work - I think the adder board they plug into has an issue as I replaced the NIC and had the same result; it does not see them). I have the PC for the new one, and my stumbling block is the disk configuration - I'm wanting to do a more-safe data configuration (e.g. RAID 5) and larger capacity (e.g. 4 1 TB drives). I've also wondered about just getting NAS, e.g. ReadyNAS, as "it's all ready", but for equivalent storage amount, it's a more expensive. I'm a software guy by trade, and know only a little networking and hardware, so I can really use advice! :-) What RAID controllers can you recommend particularly known to work with Linux (currently using Fedora, and plan to for this install)? With my research, I've become hesitant to purchase the RAID controller, having been reading on too many problems with Linux. I'm hoping someone can recommend one that has worked well. (some of the items I've been reading are old, so not sure if the newer distros have been improved or not) It's interesting that the older Fedora install docs have RAID info on issues, but Fedora 11 does not. It makes me wonder if most issues have been resolved? I could use the Linux software RAID, but not sure. Has anyone setup with an external enclosure for 4 (or more) drives? What enclosures can you recommend? (I could fit 4 drives in the case if I remove the existing HD - which I plan to not use unless for some reason it's needed to boot from instead of the RAID) For both options, I've mainly been reviewing newegg, microcenter, general nanosystems, and ebay. There are a lot of options! Looking for some education - TIA!