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From: Sean Hafeez <sahafeez@edgefocus.com>
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Subject: What do you use?
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I need to build a file server for work. I was wondering what people on 
the list use for a RAID solution?

I would like to stick to an IDE RAID controller. RAID5 or RAID1.

Also what do you recommend for a cheap tape backup?

And before I forget, pls let me know if you are using it under 4.x or 5.x.

I would love to do an external STA type setup but I am sure it is not 
quite there yet under FreeBSD.

Thanks for the info!

-Sean