batfink

I actually laughed out loud at that.......

I've been inspired by some of the builds in here to re-build my array. Ordered an Antec 1200 case on Thursday, received on Friday and rebuilt on Sunday. Certainly not as neat as some in here but compared to the preious build I'm very pleased. I'm using a combination of two "Icy dock 4 in 3" (currently with 5 discs and three spare slots) and the standard Antec caddies (full up with 6 discs). Interestingly the discs in the Icy docks are running about 5 degrees warmer. Current set-up therefore has 11 discs and capacity for 14. Capacity currently 6.6Tb (4 of the discs are 500Gb). Parity is 1.5Tb so the spare slots will be filled with 1.5Tb drives and the 500Gb drives will ultimately be filled with 1.5Tb or 2Tb drives, depending on the price differential in the UK at the time. Where possible I have used shrink tube to reduce possibility of cables coming lose over time. Took some stick from the Mrs for building it in the dining room but new it was worth while when I went to move it back to it's normal 'home' - It's pretty heavy and I wouldn't have wanted to carry it too far!!