You have peaked my interest. Can you RAID1 a set of bootable USB thumbdrives?
I am think I would like to try this with a RAID1 pare of 4GB SDHC cards in USB SD readers. As a file server the OS / root drive does not need to be super fast. 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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