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USB Flash Drive test results


TheWombat

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The following USB Flash drives were tested on a Gigabyte GA-880GMA-UD2H revision 2.2 motherboard and unRaid 4.7 final

 

 

Kingston  DataTraveler 2.0gb - successfully boots unRaid and presents a unique* GUID - PASS

Boot speed: fast

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Viking Interworks 256mb - successfully boots unRaid however invalid GUID (only first 8 digits) - FAIL

Boot speed: slow

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AMD branded 1GB Metal Dog-Tag style - successfully boots unRaid and presents a unique* GUID - PASS

Boot speed: fast

note: Image is for representative purposes only - it looks like these are rebranded from some common source

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Windows 7 branded 1GB Bamboo style -  successfully boots unRaid and presents a unique* GUID - PASS

Boot speed: fast

note: Image is for representative purposes only - it looks like these are rebranded from some common source

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EMTEC S100 Micro Series 4GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive (EKMMD4GS100): Non unique GUID  - FAIL

Boot speed: fast

Note: Someone else on the forum tried one of these Micro Flash Drives although from a different brand and had the same result. i.e. a full length GUID is presented, however it is not unique. A real shame as they are the perfect size!  :(

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My definition of a unique/valid GUID

 

Note: *Unique GUID is assumed based on format of GUID presented, i.e. it has what appears to be a random strong without 3 or more repeating zeros. i.e.

0951-1607-0000-803190704581 - assumed valid

1E3D-2093-0420-060057B3D702 - assumed valid

058F-6387-0000-0000758C8C44 - assumed valid

05E3-0727-0000-000000000208 - assumed not valid (and confirmed by LimeTech to not be unique)

0930-6507- -                            - assumed not valid

 

So it looks like my unRaid server OS may be being hosted on an AMD or Microsoft Windows 7 branded flash drive!

 

Hope this is useful - feel free to post your own results

 

Alex

 

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