Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 13:51:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org> To: "Conrado Vardanega" <cvarda@ig.com.br> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Promise ATA RAID and IDE Tapes Message-ID: <200011072151.eA7Lp2F33126@mass.osd.bsdi.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 07 Nov 2000 18:06:02 -0300." <NDBBLGPICDCECKDGFCGFIELJCBAA.cvarda@ig.com.br>
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> I've seen some messages regarding ATA RAID and got curious about the Promise
> ATA RAID solution (hardware): does it depends on any software compatibility
> to work with FreeBSD or even with Linux? Promise's website is
> www.promise.com.
The Promise ATA RAID solution is software, and now supported (to some
degree) in 4.2
> BTW, did someone installed successfully any IDE Tape Drives like Seagate's
> Travan and Hornet drives?
Yes. However these drives are actually a pretty bad deal; when a 5GB
tape is ~$40 the drive suddenly looks a lot less economical. Try
finding a secondhand DAT or Exabyte 8mm drive.
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