2006/2/17, Ken Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Anybody tried a Raid1 or Raid5 on USB2. > > If so did it crawl or was it usable ? > > Many thanks > > Ken :o) > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >
Well... Let's say... Good luck. I am experimenting raid1 and raid5 over firewire, which is by far much more stable (in terms of bandwidth) than usb2. According to the tests I made, benchmarking usb2 and firewire makes usb2 dangerous to use : connection hangs, bus collision is somewhat hasardous, bandwidth is not really granted. Technically, it is really possible : you will have your usb2 drives accessible as scsi drives, put your raid on them, test them. But sincerely, good luck. Regards, - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html