> > > > > > Jack Malone > > Don't ignore eSata (external sata) for the same purpose. > > (If you don't have an eSata connector you can get a Sata <--> eSata > cable for $10 or $20, just be sure it is 300 Gbit/sec rated.) > > Especially for Linux I believe the sata drivers are more actively > maintained and have a much bigger user base than the firewire drivers. > > > Thanks Greg for the info I will have to check into that esata drive for > sure. I do not have an esata connection on this machine but I do have sata > connections on the 3ware raid card that might work for that. I have 3 spare > ports on this 3ware raid card that I can use, just no more room in the tower > for any more drives to be mounted. This is an older machine ( 3 or 4 years > old) that does not have esata or sata on the motherboard if I remember. I'm > just looking for a faster backup device then tape or network backup from > another machine. > Do you think that using one of the spare ports on my 3ware card with the > sata to esata cable will work ok or not. > I have a spare pci slot that I could stick another sata card into the > machine also. > > > > Jack
I would be unhappy if the 3ware card did not work well with an eSata setup via an adaptor cable but I've never tried it. I just posted that Sata has hotswap now. I'm not sure the 3ware driver would support hotswap of a JBOD drive. Obviously it should let you replace drives in a raid array without powering down. I'm just not sure they handle standalone drives coming and going. FYI: After you plug in the eSata card you normally have to initiate a drive scan. I've forgotten how that is done. I think you echo a value into a sysfs field. I do not think I will hot plugging the drive, I would be leaving it attached to the server an then move it to a new machine if I had to do a restore on a new machine. I now have one space drive plugged into the 3ware card, making it a total of 5 drivers on the card in a raid 10 configurations ( mirroring / spanning). I might play with using the 5th drive as a backup driver til I can get me an esata drive here next month. I have found one from iomega besides the one you told me about for around $290 from one of the places I get hardware from ( synnex ). I much more prefer the seagate drives since that is what I use most of the time when I buy new drives. I can also get an esata to sata cable from them for around #12 to $15 or so. Think I will order one of the two drives an plan to put it into action after I return from a trip out to LAX for a conference I'm attending next week. Thanks again for the info. I have also found out that this machine has a newer motherboard in it with 2 free sata ports on the mb so I have 5 total ports free for sata. I just need something faster to backup onto for my backups, that was what got me to thinging of the firewire drive. Jack -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
