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RAID is good and all, but still requires regular external backups; something that I really need to be better about myself at home. Also.. if you decided to try out the onboard RAID array stuff for redundancy, I'd suggest only using it to store data and not the entire system; page file, system drive, etc. Any data you really value should be regularly backed up on an external drive that's only on/connected when you do the actual backup. An act of God/virus/whatever can take out both the internal system and backup drives.
Yep. With some work Windows and Linux can share drives. Which Linux distro are you using?
*grin* Yeah. It's fun. The last PC I built was a low power mini-ITX system that I put into a small humidor. The next one, which I should have parts for on Thursday, is going to be an overclocked quad core setup with 8GB of RAM for a home workstation/rendering system. I have another project to build a low power system out of an interesting 50's flatware chest and some used industrial components; including the LCD screen and drive it should use about 30 Watts peak.
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