cheap raid5: HD103UJ, ST31000520AS or HDT721010SLA360?

[mediaman]

I need to build a real cheap 4x1Tb disc R5. No budget in this case for server level discs. Performance not an issue, just reliability. Which would you choose?
THANKS!

[dobrevjetser]

i'd choose hitachi in this case; only ones i never had trouble with.

Dobre

[quasimodo]

For the drives I would go with the F1, but using a good raid controller is just as important as selecting the drives if you want the raid array to be somewhat reliable.

[mediaman]

Thanks for the input, the controller will be the on-board controller on a HP ML 110, in reallity these are soft raid controllers.

Real low budget here. I always say: you can use cheap disks in a redundant raid: just make sure you set up the alert emails because they will fail..