[XCSSA] 1 step forward...(DIY NAS Continued)

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

I guess what'd be different is how to create a mega usb port so one could
raid a whole bunch of mini-usbs  (terabyte grouping of all those free usb
giveaways!).
Or on the postage is more than you'll pay for the usb stick(s)
http://www.miniflashdrive.com/





On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 2:07 PM, X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio <
xcssa at xcssa.org> wrote:

> .....
>  In fact, if I really wanted to, I could even do
> software RAID on the USB sticks (I would just have to bind the sticks
> somehow to a specific device, so they don't get shuffled around).
>
http://www.reactivated.net/writing_udev_rules.html has what you're looking
for.
The following is an example document in german (but linux commands are clear
enough) for id'ing usb raid sticks.
http://www.rob-schulze.de/publikationen/frickelworx/usb-raid/ .
Enlish document example: http://cs.joensuu.fi/~mmeri/usbraid/
I guess what'd be different is how to create a mega usb port so one could
raid a whole bunch of mini-usbs  (terabyte grouping of all those free usb
giveaways!).
Or somehtin where the postage is more than you'll pay for the usb stick(s)&&
hub http://www.miniflashdrive.com/



> Anyways, point is, USB sticks are cheap, large, and plentiful. Since I
> find that they are a bit easier to back-up, I think I'm going to go
> that route. Slow boot-up times do not bother me, and neither will the
> lack of wear leveling (which CF cards do not support natively as far
> as I am aware), particularly since I am still going to minimize writes
> to the USB stick where possible. If I really wanted to, I could also
> use cramFS or something like that to put the working OS in RAM anyway.


USB raid would be faster than a floppy raid
http://www.everyjoe.com/thegadgetblog/totally-awesome-but-useless-floppy-raid/

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