So, there comes a time in every man’s life when he realizes that the hard disks he has are no longer sufficient to store what he needs them to store. I just sold a bunch of AAPL stock to pay down my credit cards and hopefully get some new gear for my good old G4 tower. Here’s what I’m looking at getting:
(4) Western Digital WD1001FALS Caviar Black 1TB SATA drives from Amazon
(1) Rosewill RC-217 Silicon Image 3124-based PCI SATA RAID card from NewEgg
(2) NB-X-Swing 2 x 3.5″ into 1 x 5.25″ optical drive bay brackets from Performance PCs
I know that it’s a lot of hardware to install in a Power Mac G4, but if it’s primarily a storage machine, why get a Drobo when I can get a whole lot more out of this monster of a tower? If anyone has review units they would like to send out, I’ll whore for you with full disclosure. I don’t need Obama’s FTC getting all up on me. :)