[Eug-lug] OT: Intel Motherboard forsale

[badd_karma at comcast.net]

> Hotswap is a fun one -- I haven't worked with it in over 6 months, but
> beware the stated "hotswapability" of a drive, cage, etc, compared to the
> real capability of the controller, drivers, and OS :)  Newegg has some good
> cage deals, I like the one (I forget the brand though) where you can fit 5
> 3.5" drives vertically (er, sideways/upright) in a 3-drive-bay-tall volume.

That's what I've been looking at. Right now I do all of my offsite backups to a usb drive. Slower than snot. I'd love to be able to use hot-swapable sata drives.
 
> So are you planning this hotswap for a linux system, or, "cough, the other
> one"?

ROTFLAO. Hotswap in Windows? Wow. That is funny. I've see $1000 guaranteed hot-swapable SCSI drives crash windows.... I can't image getting sata to work. 

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