Re: file systems
prad put forth on 4/21/2011 2:14 PM:
> Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> writes:
>
>> prad put forth on 4/20/2011 11:43 PM:
>>
>>> we want to run our servers through virtual box off usb drives which is a
>>> total departure from what we've done over the years. so might as well
>>> throw in a new fs too. :D
>>
>> Why USB?
>>
> since our volume is pretty small we only require around 10G.
> the idea is to keep bkps on usb drives, so that if one fails, it's just
> a simple plug-in to get things going again. we were thinking that we
> avoid any possibility of hd failure/replacement this way and likely
> reduce power requirements too.
>
> i've read that usb3 has faster write access than hd (though usb2
> apparently didn't). read access though is apparently just as good with
> usb2.
>
> we haven't evaluated the idea fully yet though and are just
> contemplating the possibility as a sort of poorman's solid state drives.
I'd steer clear of USB disk storage for a server environment. I've seen
too many reports of USB links resetting spuriously for no apparent
reason. If you have your root filesystem and swap on such a device and
this happens, you're in trouble.
--
Stan
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