[cobalt-users] Arco Duplidisk

["William J.A. Brillinger" <billy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi!

A long time ago we had a discussion on adding Arco's duplidisk to a Cobalt RaQ.

It was not a really easy thing to do because you still needed a complete 
windows to Linux pc to setup the 2 mirrors.

I got this from Arco today:

1.    Announcing a New Feature - EzMIRROR

Arco has received many requests for an easier way of initializing and 
mirroring hard drives without the use of a utility. We have worked long and 
hard on this addition to an already easy product. Our newest feature, 
EzMIRROR allows users to take advantage of copying the primary to the 
mirror drive through the use of the existing single (buzzer) button on the 
DupliDisk3 adapter/controller. This feature provides truly operating system 
independent hardware RAID capability without the need for a keyboard or 
display. The EzMIRROR feature is an easy and effective means of controlling 
the entire RAID operation, without the need of an Operating System specific 
utility program. The RAID operation can be accomplished via the front/rear 
panel switch button interface.

EzMirror is a now on Firmware 3.13 and up, you can upgrade the DupliDisk3 
Firmware by downloading from 
http://duplidisk.com/support/downloads/instruct/dd3_313.html . While the 
software utilities are still included with all of our DupliDisk products we 
now have an additional way of copying drives for those computers that are a 
non x86 type of processor system (i.e. RISC processors) or in headless 
applications. This feature has been designed to allow you to use your 
existing DupliDisk controller without interruption to your existing 
system/computer.

Features and Benefits

Allows you to copy drives without a utility
Useable with a non x86 type of architecture
Great for headless applications
Easy One button operation
No extra costs are involved

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Sounds like it's finally ready for cobalt use.

- Bill B.



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William J.A. Brillinger
Precision Design Co.

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