[ale] IDE Raid / Hotswap

[Christopher Fowler]

Danny Cox gave a good overview of Raid at the last ALE-NE meeting.  His
company produces what I believe to be Hot-Swappable IDE Raid NAS
devices.  Maybe he could give you more info but you should look at what
they have to offer.

Chris

On Fri, 2003-04-25 at 00:08, Mike Lockhart wrote:
> I need to setup a hotswap raid array for backups at work, and I'm
> thinking of using IDE Raid instead of SCSI due to cost issues.  Does
> anyone know of a good controller card that supports IDE and hotswaping? 
> Additionally, what are some good applications to use for backups?
> (*linux of course*)
> 
> My initial thoughts are somthing like using three 8drive IDE raid cards,
> a dual proc box, and 2 gigs of ram.  I think if I use a board that has 3
> 66MHz pci slots that it should do ok. (Based of google research and this
> link:http://www.tomshardware.com/newsletter/vol3/16/70tb.html).
> 
> Input requested :)
> 
> - mike
> 
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