Ok- take a step out of the usual models. Here's something already seen but not exploited properly. Seven port USB hubs are now average $20 from some sources. Flash Drives are Ballpark $10/GB or less size and type variables taken into accoun So using a few cheap drives as sacrificials and expensive ones for semiperm storage we can tailor a composite Flash RAID to our needs. So far we've seen this at various places as a hack. What about a pocket drive case taped to a hub and radiating a few selected drives as needed? Boot from SDA into a Puppy or Damn Small Distro set as TORAM. Don't even mount the Spinning HD of your RAID unless a session needs it! The limits of using this base hybrid are rather awe inspiring. That 200 GB pocket Drive for example.
Imagine a 7 port hub with 6 200 GB drives neatly arctic silvered down IN a laptop cooler plate..
A tiny bit pricey compared to other ways, But 1.TB IN a laptop cooler case seems way dare I say -COOL
On Friday 11 January 2008, Oren Beck wrote:
Seven port USB hubs are now average $20 from some sources. Flash Drives are Ballpark $10/GB or less size and type variables taken into accoun
Sounds slow. Let us know how it goes.
(USB is CPU-bound and requires polling, so using it for storage is pretty inefficient)
On Jan 11, 2008 5:33 PM, Luke -Jr [email protected] wrote:
On Friday 11 January 2008, Oren Beck wrote:
Seven port USB hubs are now average $20 from some sources. Flash Drives are Ballpark $10/GB or less size and type variables taken
into
accoun
Sounds slow. Let us know how it goes.
(USB is CPU-bound and requires polling, so using it for storage is pretty inefficient) _______________________________________________
A valid point where the factor is of concern.
This may not be the best architecture for speed. The places where flash is too slow are fewer than where flash may be "good enough"
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