this is not exactly a hack or a mod, just wanted to share benchmark results... making upgrade to my movie streaming and backup server.
the motherboard is maybe 7 years old, 3gps sata ports, this might be the speed limiting factor.
(currently running a live usb, will test more drives shortly)
3 cheap hard disks 5400 rpm 2 TB running raid 5.
my old 500gig single 7200rpm
1 tb 7200rpm
solid state drive 120gig