Hi,

Supermicro has this feature where they have dedicated SATA ports on some of their motherboard that support some kind of device that acts like a harddrive but is a small flash drive but faster then a ssd, they call this "SuperDOM" (https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/SATADOM.cfm)

 

I am interested in hearing if i can use a device like this for my unraid install rather then a slow flash usb drive? What say you?

Edited August 16, 20223 yr by je82

You'd ultimately have to try it to see what happens.

 

But, you can run Unraid on a USB 1.0 / 1.1 with no speed degradation.  The OS runs completely from RAM and the flash drive is only used to store the files needed to unpack and keep the various settings.

Aren't USB sticks prone to death though? I'm sure it won't work without a lot of hassle cause Unraid wants a UUID from a USB stick. A SataDOM as the host drive, or mirrored host, would certainly be welcomed! One of the things that irk me about Unraid requirements. *rolls eyes*

On 8/16/2022 at 3:54 PM, je82 said:

Hi,

Supermicro has this feature where they have dedicated SATA ports on some of their motherboard that support some kind of device that acts like a harddrive but is a small flash drive but faster then a ssd, they call this "SuperDOM" (https://www.supermicro.com/products/nfo/SATADOM.cfm)

 

I am interested in hearing if i can use a device like this for my unraid install rather then a slow flash usb drive? What say you?

Did you try that?

This sound pretty awesome. 

It doesn't work because it is SATA drive not USB.