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acatak
October 25th, 2010, 09:52 PM
Here is what i have:

pentium 4 computer with 512 Mb of ram. Its an old computer that I found someone was throwing out.

I want to run xubuntu on it with the purpose for my parents to put their important files and photos and stuff on it.

I have two 80 Gb ide hard drives and one 160 Gb ide hard drive, and i might be able to get another 80 Gb hard drive for free

What raid options do I have to maximize the space? Raid 5?

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Using two 80 Gb hard drives and one 160 Gb hard drive, which raid type should i use which has some parody data and maximizes the space?

Using three 80 Gb and one 160 Gb hard drive, which raid type should i use which has some parody data and maximizes the space?