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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!gatech!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.tacom.army.mil!reason.cdrom.com!usenet From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Server hardware considerations.. Date: Tue, 20 Feb 1996 06:57:32 -0800 Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM Lines: 29 Message-ID: <3129E15C.31DFF4F5@FreeBSD.org> References: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219204849.14523A-100000@gallup.cia-g.com> <Pine.LNX.3.91.960219211127.18343B-100000@okjunc.junction.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: time.cdrom.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.0 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386) To: Michael Dillon <michael@memra.com> Michael Dillon wrote: > Use Buslogic SCSI cards as they are more compatible. Uh, I really can't recommend that course of action. For one thing, I've had a *lot* of trouble with various Bt946c / Triton motherboard combinations, nor have I ever gotten multiple Bt946c controllers to work in one box. The same cannot be said of the Adaptec 2940s - they mostly Just Work, regardless of the motherboard or the number of physical controllers you stick in the box. My last Bt946c is sitting in a static bag on the shelf. Retired. > > Tape backup: SCSI.. I have no idea what is best, I am using a cheap > > and slow floppy-tape drives right now and haven't been very pleased. > > DAT drives. Be aware that there is a worldwide shortage of DDS-2 120 > metre tapes right now but there are lots of DDS 90 meter tapes so if For backup? That's a little masochistic, I think. I don't trust DAT media for long-term storage (or even at all - it's so thin that it tends to get swallowed in some tape transports, and having such a thing happen to a backup would be a disaster). I'm a big fan of 8mm (Exabyte) drives for backup purposes. Higher density and far more robust, IMHO. -- - Jordan Hubbard President, FreeBSD Project