The Thumb Drive RAID Experiment

jmke · 30th December 2005, 18:02

RL: http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/ar...umbraid&file=1

Quote: The idea of a thumb drive RAID array might not be practical for every day needs, but it is a novel idea that could be of benefit to some people. For one, owners of mini-ITX systems that boot from a flash drive might be interested in the sizable speed burst a RAID 0 array could provide... In the end, results were achieved that showed great promise for thumb drive RAID arrays.

Sidney · 30th December 2005, 18:29

Interesting try; good experiment

wutske · 30th December 2005, 22:59

makes me think about a guys who made a RAID setup using 10 usb floppy drives. I think he did that using a mac.

piotke · 30th December 2005, 23:26

Mac = unix.

Cool experiments, but I have my doubs about the functionality of it.

Speed ? You are still limitet to the USB bus passthrough.
Data security ? Maybe, but there are better ways

jmke · 30th December 2005, 23:28

there's no use; it was just an experiment

30th December 2005, 18:02	#1
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	The Thumb Drive RAID Experiment RL: http://www.bigbruin.com/reviews05/ar...umbraid&file=1 Quote: The idea of a thumb drive RAID array might not be practical for every day needs, but it is a novel idea that could be of benefit to some people. For one, owners of mini-ITX systems that boot from a flash drive might be interested in the sizable speed burst a RAID 0 array could provide... In the end, results were achieved that showed great promise for thumb drive RAID arrays. __________________

30th December 2005, 18:29	#2
Sidney [M] Reviewer Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 16,730	Interesting try; good experiment __________________ lazyman Opteron 165 (2) @2.85 1.42 vcore AMD Stock HSF + Chill Vent II

30th December 2005, 22:59	#3
wutske Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Apenland Posts: 2,069	makes me think about a guys who made a RAID setup using 10 usb floppy drives. I think he did that using a mac. __________________ /me = Hardfreak My Blog: [W]eblog

30th December 2005, 23:26	#4
piotke [M] Reviewer Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 5,039	Mac = unix. Cool experiments, but I have my doubs about the functionality of it. Speed ? You are still limitet to the USB bus passthrough. Data security ? Maybe, but there are better ways __________________ .

30th December 2005, 23:28	#5
jmke Madshrimp Join Date: May 2002 Location: 7090/Belgium Posts: 82,497	there's no use; it was just an experiment __________________

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