Hi,

for the promise controller please read :
http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/00q1/000329/fastrak66-
10.html


HTH

mike


On 13 Apr 2000, at 1:44, Dan J Fraser wrote:

> 
> I need to colocate a machine and have it be somewhat reliable.  So, I
> was thinking I should put two drives in it, and use RAIDframe with
> level 1.
> 
> The reliability level I want is this:  If a drive dies, the machine
> should keep working until I can get on-site and fix it.  It doesn't
> have to be hotswap, etc... A few minutes of downtime for a
> driveswap/reboot is fine, but a few hours of downtime while I drive to
> the facility is not fine.
> 
> Will RAIDframe on i386 hardware (Intel BX IDE?) do this for me?
> 
> Will the Promise FastTrack66 cards do this for me under NetBSD?  Will
> I be able to tell if a drive has failed?
> 
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