Re: file systems
Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com> writes:
> 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.
>
ok thx stan. i hadn't seen any such issues when i looked into this, but
that's probably because people use usb drives mainly for bkp and
portability instead of as a platform for serving though i did come
across one such tip #9:
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/10things/10-cool-things-you-can-do-with-a-usb-flash-drive/931
however, the idea seems to be just a 'temporary' demo utility.
--
in friendship,
prad
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