Okay,

Given that the xserve raid is probably a little out of my price range at the moment I am considering 2 choices that will cost about the same.

Option 1 - a SATA array using the new rackmount enclosure from Macgurus and putting the 8 channel SATA card in each of my G5's. This gives me the option to run a 4 drive raid for each machine or an 8 drive array for one machine. I would use raptors as the drives.

Option 2 - Buy a the Atto scsi card for each machine and put an Atlas V 146 gig drive in each. This option giving me the chance to buy a Huge systems array further down the track.

Please let me know what you think is the best option.

Cheers

Toby