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You'd need to be careful that the RAID system knew which USB stick was which, even if they were reconnected to different USB ports/controllers. The ZFS demo abo
by omh 14y ago
You'd need to be careful that the RAID system knew which USB stick was which, even if they were reconnected to different USB ports/controllers. The ZFS demo above does this, but you might need to be careful with other software RAID systems.
But part of the advantage here would be to have your OS on a portable stick and move it between computers. If you're booting from one of the USB devices then it would be a bit trickier to set up RAID as well.
- doyouevenlift 14y agoHey dumbass USB has has serial numbers since USB 2.0 your poor man's software-raid-on-a-chip that came with your mobo might not check drive serials and rely on port but don't make shit up. I ain't even mad.
- jopt 14y agoThis isn't /g/
- ersii 14y agoHey, tone it down mister. The parent does share a good thing that's not always immediately thought of. Yes, USB devices do have serial numbers - absolutely. A lot of systems will however not care and just mount at random, if it's automounted. As an example, on Desktop machines - this is very common. You might use a Desktop for doing this. It's a good idea to combine the parents parent post with the, sadly, only good nugget out of it. Be careful to think over what happens when you restart/unplug the drives. Will the mount points change? If so, be sure to configure up the mounting of the drives with the USB ID of the device. (USB ID is found with for example the `lsusb` program, you'll probably need to install an extra package to get it)