HELP! Who Makes the Most Reliable External RAID Arrays?

[Shaina11]

Exactly as the title says. What manufacturer makes the most reliable external RAID level 1 Arrays? Looking around on Ebay and Amazon, I see a lot of manufacturers for external RAID Arrays. Who would make the most reliable ones?

 

[Someone Somewhere]

RAID reliability usually comes down to just the drives; the controllers aren't usually hugely different.

Please don't dump massive numbers of tags on threads.

 

[Shaina11]

[quotemsg=13486173,0,930500]RAID reliability usually comes down to just the drives; the controllers aren't usually hugely different.

Please don't dump massive numbers of tags on threads.[/quotemsg]

Oh okay thanks. I don't feel like spending $500 on a RAID Array!

And sorry about the tags. I thought that you were supposed to put a lot so that people will notice your thread, sorry.

 

[FireWire2]

For RAID controller you can get a this:
http://www.amazon.com/Dual-Drive-Esata-Bridge-Featuring/dp/B00AQ4PZNM/

It's transparent to the OS

 

[TyrOd]

[quotemsg=13486173,0,930500]RAID reliability usually comes down to just the drives; the controllers aren't usually hugely different.

Please don't dump massive numbers of tags on threads.[/quotemsg]

Yep. the major differentiating points between controllers is going to be the performance and secondary features, not reliability.

 

[Shaina11]

[quotemsg=13497547,0,1391135][quotemsg=13486173,0,930500]RAID reliability usually comes down to just the drives; the controllers aren't usually hugely different.

Please don't dump massive numbers of tags on threads.[/quotemsg]

Yep. the major differentiating points between controllers is going to be the performance and secondary features, not reliability.[/quotemsg]

Ah, so basically, any brand (cheap) should work just fine? I mean like $50 or less.