Re: More then 4 IDE devices in one FreeBSD server.

[David Loszewski]

For what you're doing just get an IDE Raid controller card, then you'll technically have 8 drives, 4 of which you can raid by hardware and another 4 that you can raid by software. They're not that expensive. Just make sure before you buy one that you check out the supported hardware under your version of freebsd to make sure it is supported.

Dave

mike wrote:

Hey people,

Here's the long and short of it. I have my main server unixhideout.com
running samba. All my windows clients programs such as kaZAa and even
their "My documents" save to /mirror /mirror2 /mirror3 and /mirror4 which
are writable shares, that way we can reinstall windows weekly if need be
(ha) but all important data is safe on FreeBSD. Its working really well
for years now. Problem is as you can guess from the subject is i got 4 120
gig hard drives in there, and i would like to have a CDROM and maybe even
more disks as needed.

A: What is the hardware name of the device i am looking for that will
allow more then 4 ide devices to one box.

B: do you know of a brand name i should be looking for that you recommend,
or even a retailer.

*SCSI is expensive and IS better but at this time not an option so please
stick with IDE in your suggestions.

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