From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 26 11:42:12 1995 Return-Path: questions-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id LAA02630 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:42:12 -0800 Received: from ifc.com (ifc.com [204.30.44.1]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id LAA02623 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:42:03 -0800 Received: from ([204.30.44.12]) by ifc.com (8.6.8/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA05547 for ; Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:43:09 -0900 Date: Thu, 26 Jan 1995 11:43:09 -0900 Message-Id: <199501262043.LAA05547@ifc.com> X-Sender: wallison@ifc.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org From: wallison@ifc.com (Bill Allison) Subject: IDE or SCSI tape backup? X-Mailer: Sender: questions-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi: I have version 1.1.5.1 running on a Gateway 2000 P5/60, and need to set up a tape backup. I have never done this before, and have one main question (so far :) 1) What are the pros/cons of IDE vs. SCSI? Can I use IDE? The SCSI tape backups all seem to be +/- $800. Can I get a cheaper alternative by doing IDE? 2) What are the issues about using SCSI/IDE, in relation to other peripherals? I have an IDE hard drive, for example... Thanks!! Bill --------------------- William Allison Ian Freed Consulting, Inc. Seattle, WA 98104 Tel: 206.583.8919 FAX: 206.583.8941 http://www.ifc.com/