On Thursday 09 January 2020 19:13:56 R C wrote: > if you use USB connected drives on a Pi, and also the network, you're > switching > > between eth/wifi and USB "A LOT" (it uses the same hardware/chipset). > If you power the > No wifi, its disabled.
> drives through USB that is not a good thing. For modest amounts of > data I just use a/the I have a 5 amp supply, and these adapters have no provision for external power. However, one should never forget that that, and a couple bucks will get you a fresh cuppa most anyplace but Starbucks. ;-) > SD card (the video/photo ones can handle a lot more writes than > standard ones) or I use NFS > > when I need larger data sets). > > > (I run a seismograph on a PI, it does data collection, and 24/7 sends > data to a database > > every 1-2 seconds and never had issues.) > > > > Ron > > On 1/9/20 10:24 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > Greetings all; > > > > Back in the middle of May 2019, I ordered, from newegg.com, three > > 240GB SSD's and 3 rosewill usb-3.1 to sata adapter cables so I could > > use them as std drives on my pi's. > > > > All of the rosewell adapters have now died. Called newegg, got run > > around, hit tigerdirect and had 4 startech's at about 5 bucks more > > ordered in less that 5 minutes. We'll see how they work. > > > > So right now newegg and rosewill are bad kharma to me. > > > > Cheers, Gene Heskett Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
