March 22, 201016 yr Anyone know if I can plug in my external hard drive into the usb port of my unraid server and actually use it as part of the array and include it in a parity check?
March 22, 201016 yr Anyone know if I can plug in my external hard drive into the usb port of my unraid server and actually use it as part of the array and include it in a parity check? You cannot.
March 22, 201016 yr it would also be insanely slow. Very true... but I once read of a person who assembled a raid array using a set of 5 USB floppy disks. That would be slow. It's all relative. See here: http://dvice.com/archives/2009/05/35-inch-floppy.php
March 22, 201016 yr ...a raid array using a set of 5 USB floppy disks... That actually interests me, as slow as it may be. I like the idea of a 'portable' unRAID server that could be broken down into components, such as several external hard drives and a laptop. Ideally it would use eSATA or something else to improve the performance. Is this even feasible?
March 22, 201016 yr ...a raid array using a set of 5 USB floppy disks... That actually interests me, as slow as it may be. I like the idea of a 'portable' unRAID server that could be broken down into components, such as several external hard drives and a laptop. Ideally it would use eSATA or something else to improve the performance. Is this even feasible? You could do it with eSATA. That would work just fine. Just be really careful about plugging in the disks in the same ports when you move it. And always make sure you plug in the correct number of external drives. (same as when you configured the array)
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