Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2003 16:05:45 -0700 From: "Brent Wiese" <brently@bjwcs.com> To: "'Brent Wiese'" <brently@bjwcs.com>, "'Toomas Aas'" <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: (Semi)hot swap IDE Message-ID: <20031124230050.FOWZ8432.fed1mtao06.cox.net@SAMBA> In-Reply-To: <20031124175551.CJLK8432.fed1mtao06.cox.net@SAMBA>
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> > Hello! > > > > I'm looking for a cheap solution to back up a FreeBSD 4.8 machine. > > Cheap meaning that tape drives are out of question. Even external > > FireWire drives are deemed a bit too expensive by the folks > for whom > > I'm doing this research. > > > > This leaves one option I can think of - standard IDE drive > in one of > > those removable HDD trays. We'd probably use two drives, one being > > active in the machine and the other being kept somewhere out of the > > house for safety. > > <clip> > > I personally think this a great alternative to tape, > especially given the > low cost per GB of drive space. > > 3ware cards support hot swapping IDE and there are several > hot-swap IDE > drive trays in the $50-75 range. You *MUST* make sure the > trays are really > hot swap. Most are not. The ones that are will be very > specific about saying > so. My computer vendor uses these: http://www.amtrade.com/pc/ata133_ide_mobil_hdd_racks.htm I personally have not used them, so don't blame me if they end up not working as advertised, but my vendor is happy with them. I have also never used that company or its website until today, so I have nothing in the way of recommending for or against. > Another alternative I just found this past weekend... There > is a company > making "hot swap" IDE trays, but instead of being IDE out, > they're USB 2.0. It came to my attention that FreeBSD 4.x lacks USB 2.0 support. I used these USB 2.0 trays in a Windows server and hadn't thought that USB 2.0 might not be supported in FreeBSD 4.x. I don't use USB in my FreeBSD servers, so this never crossed my mind. I'm providing the link to the HDD trays above to show my apologies. :) Cheers, Brent
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