Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 01:29:20 -0500 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: <sbernard@gmu.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Best ATA RAID controller Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.20020214012729.049caf08@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <ea3892ea3cf0.ea3cf0ea3892@gmu.edu>
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Some of the other IDE raid cards will allow you to use a master and slave
on the same channel. From what I understand the problem with this is that
if a slave dies, it could potentially take out the master or vice versa.
---Mike
At 01:15 AM 2/14/2002 -0500, sbernard@gmu.edu wrote:
>Hmmm, now that I go back and follow a different link to a PDF file it
>does seem to indicate that a 64xx card can have 4 drives attached. I'll
>have to find the other one I read. Or maybe I made a mistake :(
>
>Thanks for the heads up. It's getting late ;)
>
>Steve
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
>Date: Thursday, February 14, 2002 1:02 am
>Subject: Re: Best ATA RAID controller
>
> > At 12:54 AM 2/14/2002 -0500, sbernard@gmu.edu wrote:
> > >Here's what I've been able to find:
> > >http://www.hypermicro.com/store/index.htm. Their price for a 6410
> > with>cables, etc. is $119 US. For those who aren't familiar, this
> > is a 4-
> > >channel ATA-66 RAID controller. It supports up to 8 drives with
> > slaves.
> > Where exactly did you hear that it supports 8 drives ?
> >
> > ---Mike
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