05-14-2006, 02:41 PM
With four matching drives I would suggest two ways.
First set up, makes 2 RAID 0 arrays, two striped arruys for maximum speed, and then either mirror the two arrays (RAID1) or set up a daily back up plan.
Or RAID 5. RAID 5 will require a controller, but will give you 900GB of space from 4 300GB drives, while the plan above will give you only 600GB.
Also, I would suggest getting a cheap controller card and moving those drives inside your G4, they will work much faster inside.
Jon
First set up, makes 2 RAID 0 arrays, two striped arruys for maximum speed, and then either mirror the two arrays (RAID1) or set up a daily back up plan.
Or RAID 5. RAID 5 will require a controller, but will give you 900GB of space from 4 300GB drives, while the plan above will give you only 600GB.
Also, I would suggest getting a cheap controller card and moving those drives inside your G4, they will work much faster inside.
Jon