
Originally Posted by
Jay
but keep this in mind..
The reason people like western digital make SE and RE drives isn't just for fun. RE drives have on the fly error correction and are designed for 24/7 operation. Using onboard RAID is all well and good until the motherboard dies then you will struggle to access the RAID without finding either the same board or maybe a board with the same RAID controller (may not be all that easy)
If you want to make an enterprise solution use enterprise grade hardware. Even FreeNAS is not designed for enterprise setups like this.
I would strongly advise against going this route.