This article on eSATA may be of interest. http://news.com.com/Faster+external+drives+arriving-slowly/2100-1041_3-6144673.html
----- Original Message ----- From: "Garl Grigsby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Eugene Unix and Gnu/Linux User Group" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 11:22 AM Subject: [Eug-lug] Hot swap SATA Ok, The time has come. I need to look into Hot swap SATA. Anybody have any real world experience? I'm looking for information on both cages and OS stability. The OS will be CentOS 4.4. Drives will be 250-400 GB SATA drives. I at least need 3 drives. Two are connected to a 3Ware 80062LPKIT SATA Raid Card. The third will be connected directly to the MB. The third drive is connected for only 2 days a week (backup drive). I will need Hot swap to work in to different situations: 1) Currently I am doing weekly backups to a USB HDD that is stored off site. I would like to move to a SATA drive as USB is slooooow. For this to work I need reliable hot swap/add/remove. 2) In the case that one of the drives in the raid array dies, I'd like to be able to replace it without downing the server. So, is SATA Hot swap ready for prime time? Should I wait? Comments, experience, suggestions are all appreciated. Thanks, Garl _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
