Agreed. I like Silicon Mechanics, Also used Avadirect in the past, but they weren't as good. I think the WD's are the way to go. Enterprise-grade drives aren't

Agreed. I like Silicon Mechanics, Also used Avadirect in the past, but they weren't as good. I think the WD's are the way to go. Enterprise-grade drives aren't really much more reliable, and you need to plan capacity assuming they'll fail anyway. Better to get consumer drives that are at least mid-range (avoid Hitachi), and run with it.