-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/18/07 20:35, Hal Vaughan wrote: > On Saturday 18 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote: >> On 08/18/07 19:39, Hal Vaughan wrote: >>> Has anyone built a RAID out of USB drives? I'm considering it but >>> I'd rather hear from others who may have done the same thing first. >>> I can see several possible problems. Last time I was working with >>> USG devices, if I unplugged the drives and did not plug them in >>> using the same order /dev/sda could become /dev/sdb, so I could see >>> that as an issue, for starters. >>> >>> If anyone has experience with this, I'd like to hear about it and >>> if it's a good or bad idea. >> What's the problem that you are trying to solve? > > At this point I'm exploring several possibilities.
Possible whats? Drinking games? Strip clubs? Yes, I'm being snide, but that's because you didn't answer my question. Are you trying to solve a portability problem using high-capacity external drives, or a speed problem with USB thumb drives? > If USB RAID is not > practical or workable, then I'll just drop the possibility and stick > with sata or pata drives. Many companies sell multi-drive USB & firewire enclosures, and lots do RAID-5. Get one with 5 slots, stuff 750GB drives in it, and get 3TB of easily transportable storage in the size of a large shoebox. - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good! -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD4DBQFGx7B6S9HxQb37XmcRAvaaAJjBlT+fwL2U1yjmOC7T/8OUyJYCAKCCaRkc GSOYRb/rRHTiJIHSEl032A== =9Ppl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
