From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jan 29 19:24:43 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA04590 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:24:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from spoon.beta.com (mcgovern.ne.mediaone.net [24.128.106.170]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA04585 for ; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 19:24:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Received: from spoon.beta.com (localhost.beta.com [127.0.0.1]) by spoon.beta.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA22230; Fri, 29 Jan 1999 22:25:08 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from mcgovern@spoon.beta.com) Message-Id: <199901300325.WAA22230@spoon.beta.com> To: grog@lemis.com, hamellr@dsinw.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tape drive Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 22:25:07 -0500 From: "Brian J. McGovern" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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