Insofar as raid on usb I could not say as I've never tried it. But as you say speed for boot/root is not a factor for a server box. IO on your storage array is. Despite the use of usb it still boots pretty quick as it has a minimal Debian build. If you decide to try it feel free to contact me if you need a hand.
Cya, Dan On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Dan Graham <graha...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's just like an external usb port on the back of the mainboard but its > located near the sata ports. I use a cheap usb stick for boot root and have > not bothered to worry about /sys /proc /var/log etc. I used to symlink > /var/log etc to a physical disk. Last couple of times I just got lazy and > did not bother. My last stick on my old Supermicro board (with the same > feature) went for a year and a half without intervention, running full > read/write 24/7. Regardless I feel very confident that no matter how you > deploy this board it will make you happy. To install on usb stick just make > sure its plugged in, setup bios to boot from it and install as you would > normally from CD or use IPMI across the network from your workstation with > an iso image (This is just pure "GEEK SEX"), less the swap of course. (Just > use lottsa RAM) :) > > Seriously do this and feel the love.... > > > On Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 7:50 PM, Royce Souther <osgn...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> 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. 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