real life application Re: [G4] EIDE and Ultra ATA RAID

[Ralph Garrett]

On Apr 25, 2005, at 3:56 PM, shopdog wrote:

> Can anyone give advice on an inexpensive way to set up a RAID array 
> with hot-swappable drives that can be added to easily.  And then also 
> how to do an offsite backup from that?
>

The easy answer is no. There's no way to cheaply do all the things you 
want to do.
The least expensive way I can think of to setup a hot swappable RAID 
Array would involve using a multiple channel FW controller, running one 
drive on each channel and using Disk Utility to setup a software RAID.

It can also be done with multi channel SATA controllers and enclosures.

Adding to a RAID Array that's already setup can't be done to my 
knowledge without starting from scratch.

Ralph