Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rpool on mirrored USB flash drives

2012-08-06 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
On 08/06/2012 04:43 PM, Joshua M. Clulow wrote: > On 7 August 2012 00:21, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: >> I'm considering rebuilding my home server (an HP MicroServer) for some >> higher capacity and dumping the single 250GB rpool disk and instead >> replace it with a pair of USB flash sticks (no need to

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rpool on mirrored USB flash drives

2012-08-06 Thread Joshua M. Clulow
On 7 August 2012 00:21, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: > I'm considering rebuilding my home server (an HP MicroServer) for some > higher capacity and dumping the single 250GB rpool disk and instead > replace it with a pair of USB flash sticks (no need to preserve data, > I'll copy stuff around and help the

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rpool on mirrored USB flash drives

2012-08-06 Thread Udo Grabowski (IMK)
On 06/08/2012 16:21, Sašo Kiselkov wrote: I'm considering rebuilding my home server (an HP MicroServer) for some higher capacity and dumping the single 250GB rpool disk and instead replace it with a pair of USB flash sticks (no need to preserve data, I'll copy stuff around and help the system alo

Re: [OpenIndiana-discuss] rpool on mirrored USB flash drives

2012-08-06 Thread Alex Lam S.L.
I did try that when building my current home server with just one USB stick. My experience was that the resulting OS is quite a bit slower, may be due to a bad choice of stick on my part. Anyway, I ended up with 1x500GB rpool disk and 5x2TB RAID-Z1 pool using an Asus mATX motherboard and i3-2120T.

[OpenIndiana-discuss] rpool on mirrored USB flash drives

2012-08-06 Thread Sašo Kiselkov
I'm considering rebuilding my home server (an HP MicroServer) for some higher capacity and dumping the single 250GB rpool disk and instead replace it with a pair of USB flash sticks (no need to preserve data, I'll copy stuff around and help the system along with booting). The question is, is this a