Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 20:33:09 +0200 From: Per olof Ljungmark <peo@nethead.se> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Raspberry Pi 2B and SSD drive Message-ID: <8f6c49b1-13e0-acf7-192d-1c7ccef95363@nethead.se> In-Reply-To: <CANCZdfrRy%2BJj_zsp8ebX0botkqNfmFnRsA5LE=PFPWgnqgTUmw@mail.gmail.com> References: <c38a0dbd-5ed6-2c75-b21e-46e021be90ff@nethead.se> <c93f3551-bb05-e1b1-5ebe-2e8c0a04eb7a@denninger.net> <CANCZdfrRy%2BJj_zsp8ebX0botkqNfmFnRsA5LE=PFPWgnqgTUmw@mail.gmail.com>
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On 06/17/18 18:26, Warner Losh wrote: > On Sun, Jun 17, 2018, 7:46 AM Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote: > >> On 6/17/2018 08:21, Per olof Ljungmark wrote: >>> FBSD 11.2-RC1 >>> >>> How can I make good use of a USB SSD drive connected to the Pi? >>> >>> For instance, can I start from the SD card and then hand over everything >>> to the SSD drive? From googling it does look like it is possible. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >> Yes, but.... >> >> The but being that it's still USB attached and won't be nearly as fast >> as you expect. >> > > Yes. You'll need a A20 based board or similar with built in SATA ports to > get good speed. The RPi are good cheap boards, but they aren't so good for > file servers or other applications needing high bandwidth. > I am not after speed, I am after greater reliability than what the SD card can offer. The Pi will do duty as a simple SMTP server and I have already tested with the SD card only and speed is good enough.
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