On Thu, Dec 07, 2017 at 06:35:16PM +0000, Wols Lists wrote:
On 07/12/17 09:52, Richard Bradfield wrote:
I did also investigate USB3 external enclosures, they're pretty
fast these days.
AARRGGHHHHH !!!
If you're using mdadm, DO NOT TOUCH USB WITH A BARGE POLE !!!
I don't know the details, but I gather the problems are very similar to
the timeout problem, but much worse.
I know the wiki says you can "get away" with USB, but only for a broken
drive, and only when recovering *from* it.
Cheers,
Wol
I'm using ZFS on Linux, does that make you any less terrified? :)
I never ended up pursuing the USB enclosure, because disks got bigger
faster than I needed more storage, but I'd be interested in hearing if
there are real issues with trying to mount drive arrays over XHCI, given
the failure of eSATA to achieve wide adoption it looked like a good
route for future expansion.
--
Richard
