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From: "Dan O'Connor" <dan@jgl.reno.nv.us>
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Subject: Re: RAID 1
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>i'm trying to build a small server for a client moving up from a WIN95
server.
>
>all the offerings i've found on FreeBSD vendor sites are for way too much
>system.  this system only has to run samba and act like a dumb file server.
>
>the only thing that makes this the least bit unusual is that its for a
>cemetery and the reliability must be VERY HIGH.  therefore i'm interested
>in using RAID 1.

<snip>

>in addition, (if you're still reading ;)) i'd like to put some kind of
>CD-RW on this package for making backups.  the cost of a CD is small
>relative to the security of knowing that if the system melts down they can
>take the CD to any WIN95 desktop and keep working until i get them a new
>machine.


For not much money, I took our P166 Win95 server and made it a FreeBSD
powerhouse by buying a second IDE drive and an ARCO DupliDisk RAID-1
controller (about $250) (see http://www.arcoide.com/). Neat thing about the
DupliDisk is that it's completely transparent to the OS; no drivers or
anything.

I also put a HP 7200 ATAPI CD-RW drive in, and it works like a charm!

--Dan

**  The thing I like most about Windows 98 is...
**  You can download FreeBSD with it!




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