Windows XP RAID 5

Hi All,
I'm in the process of a new build (can't find the machine I want for
sensible cash, so building it myself). Because of this I now have an Athlon
XP 2500+, 1 gig of RAM and a very nice case and motherboard effectively
spare. I'm planning on using it for a file server over the hous network.
What I want to do is to enable Windows XP's built in RAID 5 ability
(following instructions from Toms hardware :-) ) and put in 4 x 250 gig
drives, making for 750 gig of useable disk space.

The network is currently only 100MB/s, but will probably end up upgrading
the room the server is in to use gigabit (let me access the files more
quickly localy, but more slowly through the rest of the house).

Anyone done this and found it to be a good solution? I know that buying a
real PCI raid card will get better results, but I'd rather not spend that
much cash, and with the limitations of the network over which the data will
be accessed I don;t really see the need to try and squeeze every last drop
of performance out of the system. The PC will also be used as a print
server for a USB printer, and a FTP server for the house CCTV system. None
of thses jobs need a lot of CPU power, so I reckon this will be ok - what is
the consensus?

Thanks in advance for your help!


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