Re: Using USB Drives for a RAID
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On 08/18/07 20:35, Hal Vaughan wrote:
> On Saturday 18 August 2007, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> On 08/18/07 19:39, Hal Vaughan wrote:
>>> Has anyone built a RAID out of USB drives? I'm considering it but
>>> I'd rather hear from others who may have done the same thing first.
>>> I can see several possible problems. Last time I was working with
>>> USG devices, if I unplugged the drives and did not plug them in
>>> using the same order /dev/sda could become /dev/sdb, so I could see
>>> that as an issue, for starters.
>>>
>>> If anyone has experience with this, I'd like to hear about it and
>>> if it's a good or bad idea.
>> What's the problem that you are trying to solve?
>
> At this point I'm exploring several possibilities.
Possible whats? Drinking games? Strip clubs?
Yes, I'm being snide, but that's because you didn't answer my question.
Are you trying to solve a portability problem using high-capacity
external drives, or a speed problem with USB thumb drives?
> If USB RAID is not
> practical or workable, then I'll just drop the possibility and stick
> with sata or pata drives.
Many companies sell multi-drive USB & firewire enclosures, and lots
do RAID-5. Get one with 5 slots, stuff 750GB drives in it, and get
3TB of easily transportable storage in the size of a large shoebox.
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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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