John Danger Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 I found a crypto bitcoin miner's motherboard with 12 individual USB ports. Could this be used to bring in external USB hard drives into the array? Are USB hard drives supported or just the normal SATA ones? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
Kilrah Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) Able yes, but highly discouraged due to USB being unreliable/prone to disconnections and drives dropping from the array is no good at all. Edited November 28, 2022 by Kilrah Quote Link to comment
Hoopster Posted November 28, 2022 Share Posted November 28, 2022 (edited) 38 minutes ago, John Danger said: Are USB hard drives supported or just the normal SATA ones? USB-connected hard drives are best used as unassigned devices rather than members of the parity-protected array for reasons Kilrah mentioned. Edited November 28, 2022 by Hoopster Quote Link to comment
John Danger Posted November 28, 2022 Author Share Posted November 28, 2022 48 minutes ago, Hoopster said: USB-connected hard drives are best used as unassigned devices rather than members of the parity-protected array for reasons Kilrah mentioned. Ok, Thanks for letting me know. Quote Link to comment
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