if it's this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16812186051 it works perfectly. I've used them on several machines. They just show up as sata drives. That unit also has a very tiny red led that lights up....it's QUITE bright....but you likely won't see it if it's inside the case.
On Thu, Aug 6, 2009 at 11:54 AM, Adam Sherman <asher...@versature.com>wrote: > On 6-Aug-09, at 11:50 , Kyle McDonald wrote: > >> i've seen some people use usb sticks, and in practice it works on SOME >>>> machines. The biggest difference is that the bios has to allow for usb >>>> booting. Most of todays computers DO. Personally i like compact flash >>>> because it is fairly easy to use as a cheap alternative to a hard drive. I >>>> mirror the cf drives exactly like they are hard drives so if one fails i >>>> just replace it. USB is a little harder to do that with because they are >>>> just not as consistent as compact flash. But honestly it should work and >>>> many people do this. >>>> >>> >>> This product looks really interesting: >>> >>> http://www.addonics.com/products/flash_memory_reader/ad2sahdcf.asp >>> >>> But I can't confirm it will show both cards as separate disks… >>> >> My read is that it won't (which is supported by the single SATA data >> connector,) but it will do the mirroring for you. >> > > Turns out the FAQ page explains that it will not, too bad. > > I know that I generally prefer to let ZFS handle the redundancy for me, >> but for you it may be enough to let this do the mirroring for the root pool. >> > > I'm with you there. > > It seems too expensive to get 2. Do they have a cheaper one that takes >> only 1 CF card? >> > > I just ordered a pair of the Syba units, cheap enough too test out anyway. > > Now to find some reasonably priced 8GB CompactFlash cards… > > Thanks, > > > A. > > -- > Adam Sherman > CTO, Versature Corp. > Tel: +1.877.498.3772 x113 > > > > _______________________________________________ > zfs-discuss mailing list > zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss >
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