Hybrid RAID in USB Drives- Mixing media as needed.

[Oren Beck]

On Jan 11, 2008 5:33 PM, Luke -Jr <luke at dashjr.org> 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)
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> 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"

Oren Beck

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