“If you’ve been thinking of building yourself a dedicated
storage server, this is a good time to do it. Prices are so low now
that even a small home network can have a dedicated storage and
backup server for not much money. SATA hard drives have large
capacities and high speeds for low prices, and you don’t need the
latest greatest quad-core processor or trainloads of RAM. The
ultimate in flexibility and reliability combines Linux software
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) and LVM (Linux Volume
Manager).“These are good times for hardware geeks of all kinds: prices
are low and features abundant. ..”