Suggestions for capture drive

I'm looking for some suggestions on a new media drive. Right now I'm thinking 2tb is what I want. I've looked into G-raid but would like some other suggestions. Possibly internal drives for my Mac Pro.
Thanks in advance.

Hi Snyderj,
2TB to work with video is not that much,
I have three Raided Hitachi internal drives in one of my machines that give me 6TB of space
and really solid performance. The cost is low if you don't need something like a RAID 5.
Luca

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