On 04/21/2011 12:14 PM, prad wrote:
Stan Hoeppner<s...@hardwarefreak.com> writes:
> prad put forth on 4/20/2011 11:43 PM:
>
>> we want to run our servers through virtual box off usb drives which is a
>> total departure from what we've done over the years. so might as well
>> throw in a new fs too. :D
>
> Why USB?
>
since our volume is pretty small we only require around 10G.
the idea is to keep bkps on usb drives, so that if one fails, it's just
a simple plug-in to get things going again. we were thinking that we
avoid any possibility of hd failure/replacement this way and likely
reduce power requirements too.
This doesn't sound like a great idea. I'm not sure about USB speeds, but
I wouldn't rely on this until you benchmark a traditionally connected
SATA drive vs. USB 3. I've run systems booting off of USB 2, and
performance is poor.
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