11/26   More on raid: My company currently has about 50 TB of raw storage
        and needs about 8-10 more TB over the next year.  IDE is ok as long
        as it hot swaps and can be mirrored or raid5.  Performance is *not*
        an issue.  I'm looking for prebuilt systems with vendor support.  I'm
        already the only sysadmin for 100+ servers, 3 locations, and 50TB.  I
        don't want to build my own boxes and I don't want to ever have to do
        anything more than set an IP, (maybe config and) export a FS, and
        walk away.  Cost is an issue.  Maintainability (is that a word?) is an
        issue.  Performance is not an issue.  Reliability is an issue.  I can
        get a Netapp for $20k/TB.  Know of anything in the $10k-14k/TB range
        that fits my other needs?  Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!  I really
        appreciate all the advice given in the other thread.  --overworked SA
        \_ Bluearc? Netexpress?
        \_ If you want reliability and maintainability, go with NetApp.
           Anything cheaper than that and you are going to pay for it
           in maintenance time.
           in maintenance time. You can get a good used 700 series netapp
           for cheap. -ausman
           for cheap: just look on ebay. -ausman
        \_ maintainability is a word.  ask vadim about netapp.