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From: Andrew Gordon <arg-bsd@arg1.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Recommended backup solution for a 1U rackmount
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On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Brian Behlendorf wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Andrew Gordon wrote:
> > This is what I do (currently using 160Gb Maxtor drives).  Firewire seems
> > to be better than USB at present, both in performance and stability.  USB1
> > performance is always going to be relatively limited, USB2 might be OK
> > when FreeBSD support catches up.  Meantime, Firewire cards are cheap if
> > you've got the slot space available.
>
> Whoa, does -stable support firewire yet?  Does -current?
>

It appears to have arrived in -stable this week, having been in -current
for a while previously.  However, it's been available (for both -current
and -stable) from the author's website for a long time before that.



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