Is it any different then a normal USB port out the back? Other then a port out the back is in danger of having someone pull the stick out.
Can you make that USB port a read-only drive and have the system use RAM for a read-write / root like a unisonfs? I would not want the memory stick to die from to many write cycles. Do you have to do anything special with OS to install it on the memory stick? Supper easy OS upgrades, just build a new thumb drive at your desk and swap it at reboot. On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:35 PM, Dan Graham <graha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Oh and I forgot the coolest part. It has a USB port integrated right on > the main board which is where I install the boot/root filesystem. It lets > me use all the sata ports for /home. ... :) > > Cya, Dan > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 6:30 PM, Dan Graham <graha...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Royce, >> >> I recently acquired one of these: It has dual gig Ethernet (Intel) an >> IPMI port for remote headless access, etc. For $179 it is just amazing. I >> put a Sandy Bridge quad core Xeon on it for $240 and run a number of KVM >> VMs on it and it just flies. CPU power consumption maxes out at 80 Watts, >> and idles at 20 or less. You could do far worse than this one. >> All the best, Dan >> >> Mainboard: >> >> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813182262&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- >> >> Xeon CPU: >> >> http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115083&nm_mc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel&cm_mmc=TEMC-RMA-Approvel-_-Content-_-text-_- >> >> >> On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Jamie Furtner <ja...@furtner.ca> wrote: >> >>> On 2012-03-25 8:52 AM, Royce Souther wrote: >>> >>>> I am trying to put together a file server and trying to get as many >>>> SATA ports as I can. I found a motherboard I like but it only has 6 SATA >>>> ports. It also has PCI-Ex8 and PCI-Ex16 slots. I want to add a SATA card. >>>> Supermicro makes an 8 port SATA card that is PCI-Ex4. >>>> >>>> Can I use a PCI-Ex4 cards in a PCI-Ex8 or PCI-Ex16 slot? If so then I >>>> can have 22 SATA drives in this box. >>>> >>>> Yes, you can use a card that uses a smaller number of PCIe channels in >>> a larger slot - the reverse is not true of course. The card won't be any >>> faster than if it were plugged into its native slot but it works correctly. >>> >>> This means you can use a x1 card in a x1, x4, x8 or x16 slot, a x4 card >>> in a x4, x8, or x16 slot and so forth. >>> >>> Jamie >>> >>> -- >>> Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca >>> "I aim to misbehave" >>> - Malcom Reynolds (Serenity movie) >>> "It's not safe... >>> "For them." >>> - River Tam (Serenity movie) >>> >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> clug-talk mailing list >>> clug-talk@clug.ca >>> http://clug.ca/mailman/**listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca<http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca> >>> Mailing List Guidelines >>> (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.**php<http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php> >>> ) >>> **Please remove these lines when replying >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> One thing you can be sure of. If you throw a loaded gun in a monkey cage, >> something bad is going to happen. >> > > > > -- > One thing you can be sure of. If you throw a loaded gun in a monkey cage, > something bad is going to happen. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > -- Easy, fast GUI development. http://PerlQt.wikidot.com
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