Bob Friesenhahn wrote: > On Wed, 9 Apr 2008, Ross wrote: > >> Well the first problem is that USB cables are directional, and you >> don't have the port you need on any standard motherboard. That >> > > Thanks for that info. I did not know that. > > >> Adding iSCSI support to ZFS is relatively easy since Solaris already >> supported TCP/IP and iSCSI. Adding USB support is much more >> difficult and isn't likely to happen since afaik the hardware to do >> it just doens't exist. >> > > I don't believe that Firewire is directional but presumably the > Firewire support in Solaris only expects to support certain types of > devices. My workstation has Firewire but most systems won't have it. > > It seemed really cool to be able to put your laptop next to your > Solaris workstation and just plug it in via USB or Firewire so it can > be used as a "removable" storage device. Or Solaris could be used on > appropriate hardware to create a more reliable portable storage > device. Apparently this is not to be and it will be necessary to deal > with iSCSI instead. >
I just get my laptop within WiFi range and mount :-). I don't see any benefit to a wire which is slower than Ethernet, when an Ethernet port is readily available on almost all modern laptops. -- richard _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
