TR>   Are PCI EIDE readily used for duplexing drives? As in low
 TR> cost servers? And is there enough of a cost savings (over
 TR> all scsi equipment) to justify using all EIDE hardware?
 TR> (With no thought given to any performance hits.) 
 MB> I would not recommend EIDE servers for any number of 
 MB> reasons.  I would also consider "low-cost duplexing" 
 MB> to be an oxymoron.
  Understood. But the question is; Is it possible to duplex drives (two 
drives two controllers) using the EIDE interface. I would ASSuME you would be 
best off using a PCI EIDE controller for at least one controller to avoid 
using the secondary ports on most motherboards which usually sit on IRQ15.
  I wouldn't practice this. I am merely morbidly curious.
                                                         Tom Ruddy
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