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

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