From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Mar 14 23:45:58 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from fat_man.ascendency.net (12-250-130-72.client.attbi.com [12.250.130.72]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1CD6437B41D for ; Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:45:29 -0800 (PST) Received: from mike (gateway [192.168.1.1]) by fat_man.ascendency.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id g2F7hoL25149 for ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:43:50 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from mike@ascendency.net) Reply-To: From: "Mike Loiterman" To: Subject: Inexpensive tape drive needed: IDE or SCSI? Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 01:39:35 -0600 Message-ID: <004501c1cbf4$8e688dc0$0301a8c0@mike> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have an older machine that I use as my server. Its currently got a 2 gig drive in it that I want to backup. I would also like to backup additional files located on various machines throughout my network. I've been doing a bit of research and determined that an Exabyte 8500 would probably meet my needs. The only issue is that it is SCSI and my machine is strictly IDE. While I *could* add a SCSI controller board I'm wondering how well or even if SCSI can co-exist with my other IDE drives. Replacing the existing drives is not an option. Just wanted to get some feedback from everyone about: 1) Can SCSI and IDE work together without problems 2) What SCSI drives should I consider besides the Exabyte 8500. I would like to keep the price of the drive below $200. 3) If SCSI can't work with IDE, or if SCSI just isn't worth it, what IDE drives should I consider? Again, under $200. Mike Loiterman mike@ascendency.net PGP Key 0xD1B9D18E - -- Please do not carbon copy me on list replies. I'll get my copy from the list. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.0.4 Comment: Message digitally signed by Mike Loiterman iQA/AwUBPJGlNmjZbUnRudGOEQLSSQCg0olmp8VN6Its764pRUytpndCIR0Anjuw lVoqhsvX6RbB+XPksmVVR0mz =vkNU -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message