Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 22:25:07 -0500 From: "Brian J. McGovern" <mcgovern@spoon.beta.com> To: grog@lemis.com, hamellr@dsinw.com Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape drive Message-ID: <199901300325.WAA22230@spoon.beta.com>
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Another alternative you may consider is just plain RAID 1 drive mirroring. I have used a product (can't remember the name) that effectively 'splits' the IDE chain to two identical drives, and supports RAID 1 in the hardware. It appears to be smart enough that if one drive gets yanked/pulled/powered down/ toasted/etc, the other one just "picks up" and keeps going. The whole device fits in a 3.5" bay, and has warning horns and lights, etc. Unfortunately, I'm not at the job where they had them anymore, but I believe you can pick them up from a company called "Wicked Cheap Drives" (their prices are good) for like $100-$150... I'd use them now, but I don't have anything thats not SCSI already worth mirroring... If you have problems finding them, let me know, I'll dig up the URL of the vendor on Monday. -Brian To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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