From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Mar 15 9:41:31 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ns1.vagner.com (NS1.VAGNER.COM [204.120.36.11]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B20C37B419 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:41:13 -0800 (PST) Received: (from root@localhost) by ns1.vagner.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g2FHf4a84457; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:41:04 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Received: from laptop (vsat-148-63-135-179.c189.t7.mrt.starband.net [148.63.135.179]) by ns1.vagner.com (8.11.6/8.11.6av) with SMTP id g2FHemL84449; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:40:54 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from george@vagner.com) Message-ID: <00c701c1cc40$df871630$b3873f94@laptop> From: "george vagner" To: , References: <004501c1cbf4$8e688dc0$0301a8c0@mike> Subject: Re: Inexpensive tape drive needed: IDE or SCSI? Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 09:45:41 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS perl-11 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG i installed an adaptec 1542 and a seagate dds2 8 gig for well under 100 bucks, tapes are generally slow so a fast controller isnt needed you can find them on ebay all day for about 15 bucks the tape drive will cost more depending on your desired flavor and size. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Loiterman" To: Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 12:39 AM Subject: Inexpensive tape drive needed: IDE or SCSI? > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have an older machine that I use as my server. Its currently got a > 2 gig drive in it that I want to backup. I would also like to backup > additional files located on various machines throughout my network. > > I've been doing a bit of research and determined that an Exabyte 8500 > would probably meet my needs. The only issue is that it is SCSI and > my machine is strictly IDE. While I *could* add a SCSI controller > board I'm wondering how well or even if SCSI can co-exist with my > other IDE drives. Replacing the existing drives is not an option. > > Just wanted to get some feedback from everyone about: > 1) Can SCSI and IDE work together without problems > 2) What SCSI drives should I consider besides the Exabyte 8500. I > would like to keep the price of the drive below $200. > 3) If SCSI can't work with IDE, or if SCSI just isn't worth it, what > IDE drives should I consider? Again, under $200. > > Mike Loiterman > mike@ascendency.net > PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E > - -- > Please do not carbon copy me on list replies. I'll get my copy from > the list. > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: PGP 7.0.4 > Comment: Message digitally signed by Mike Loiterman > > iQA/AwUBPJGlNmjZbUnRudGOEQLSSQCg0olmp8VN6Its764pRUytpndCIR0Anjuw > lVoqhsvX6RbB+XPksmVVR0mz > =vkNU > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message