Home-made software md RAID 5 array from SATA drives:
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dscf0002
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
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dscf0001
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
Final position in case, notice empty space above 4th disk which was occupied by disks before (which didn't have enough airflow because of that)
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dscf0012
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
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dscf0007
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
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dscf0006
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
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dscf0005
Dobrica Pavlinusic posted a photo:
Note nice usage of construction metal stripes with holes which is usually used to hold fence. It has holes just the right size for screws to go through and hold disks nicely spaced (although a little bit more space would be ideal). It's soft enough to be bent at corners to produce nice and leveled space between it and case.
Blog post RAID5 for home describes setup in some details.