From the comments at Pilgrim (the article itself is flim-flam), via Decaffeinated

Here’s what I’d do (am in the process of moving to):Buy a ReadyNAS device from infrant - I’m looking at the 1U rack enclosure, because I have access to a rack, but one of their other boxes would be just as good. It’s pricey for a NAS, but it’s currently unbeatable, and supports hardware RAID-5. On top of that, its one of the few hardware RAID-5 implementations I’ve found that allows you to resize the array up by adding one hard drive at a time and rebuilding until all are replaced, and you have more place. Most seem to require you to destroy the array, and then recreate it.This gives you a great upgrade strategy - buy four hard-drives from seagate (5 year warranty, and best drives out there) that will provide enough space for the foreseeable future (defined by you) - $200 / drive can buy a lot of space. When they fill up (and it will be before the warranty is up), replace with the newer generation drives in the same price range - drive space will have jumped remarkably, and suddenly your array is much bigger. Rinse and repeat every few years.Not the cheapest option - especially for the initial setup - but you have some solid data protection. Either double for offsite storage (yes, pricey), or only worry about doing offsite storage for the most important information. Or find an offsite location for the rack enclosure, and trust they’ll never burn down…Comment by Isaac — Monday, May 8, 2006 @ 11:16 am