Looking for Areca RAID HW Recommendations

I need to get an 8 disk tower enclosure and a reasonably priced 6G controller + six disks. My budget is 2-3K.
I've done lot's of research and found several sources, but don't know which sellers are the most reliable and not sure which disks to get (manufacturer and size 2,3,4 TB)? I want the most reliable combination which is why I'm primarily thinking Areca for the enclosure and controller, but am open to other suggestions. Super high performance is not a priority.
I have a P6X58D Premium ASUS MB, Intel Core I7-920, 14 GB RAM, NVIDIA GTX 480, Internal RAID 10 for my system disk and an internal three disk RAID 0.
I currently have a RR231x controller and TowerRAID TR8X-B enclosure with 4 WD Black 2GB disks that are starting to flake out and have had to rebuild the RAID 5 twice in two days (so I'll be ordering on Monday). I was cash strapped at the time and doing this more as a hobby. We are now starting a video production business and I can't affort to have disk issues.
I've checked arecaraid, sansdigital, atacom and B&H, but they are closed next week.
Thanks... Rob

Rob,
Personally, I much prefer putting all drives in the PC. I really like Supermicro's hot-swap device which mounts 5 drives in the space of three 5.25" drive bays. I do however change out supermicro's fan with a MUCH quieter version for video editing purposes.
For an external 8-drive enclose, you already own the exact model that I would purchase if I needed one. An even quieter solution, although far from elegant, is to build your own drive enclosure using a PC case (Antec 900 o9r 1200 work pretty well) with its own power supply (paper clip trick allows for turning on without having a motherboard to connect to).
Dump the RocketRaid immediately!!! Even as a non-professional, I moved far away from the consumer RAID controller cards a long time ago and will never go back. Areca is my favorite for now; the reliability and tools that come with the expensive RAID controllers are truly in a different league. They sound expensive, but I do suggest getting the battery backup option for your controller. Whether or not you think you need the battery backup, it may help for faster caching options to be enabled on your controller.
For drives, you can certainly buy the uber expensive enterprise SATA or SAS drives for your RAID. Many of us however have had excellent success using the much lower priced consumer drives with Areca controllers even though they are not "certified" by Areca for that service.
If you are located in the USA, Newegg is pretty hard to beat as a supplier. I also order from Amazon, eBay, Provantage, and Directron from time to time and have had good luck with all of them over the years.
Regards,
Jim

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