MB> If you get out of the ISA world, PCI EIDE controllers can do bus-
 MB> mastering DMA.  This uses the full speed of the bus, 
 MB> bypassing the motherboard DMA controller hardware.  
  Are PCI EIDE readily used for duplexing drives? As in low cost servers? And 
is there enough of a cost savings (over all scsi equipment) to justify using 
all EIDE hardware? (With no thought given to any performance hits.)
                                                       Tom Ruddy
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