Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 22:32:59 +0400 (MSD) From: Alexey Koptsevich <kopts@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru> To: freebsd-scsi@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: are backplanes needed for IDE RAID? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109102205430.16402-100000@astro.ioffe.rssi.ru>
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Hello, We are buying 3ware 7810 IDE RAID controller (supports hot-swap) and thinking now about disk enclosures. There are some on the market (e.g., backplane http://www.synetic.net/Synetic-Products/2-to-3-IDE.html) but I wonder do we need them? As far as I understand, some power switching is necessary for hot swap, but do backplanes provide any advantage against simple mobile racks with disk power switcher? Also, the backplane cited above has two power connectors, are they necessary for hot-swappable power supplies or not? Thanks a lot, Alex PS Please cc: me your reply. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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