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DrivePool with external storage


Cold71

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At the moment, no it wouldn't be possible.

 

The best way that *may* work, would b iSCSI, and I am not sure if DrivePool will play nice with it. I'd have to test it to confirm or deny that.

Thanks, let me know if you find the time to look in to it. I just got a new server with a decent amount of resources but not a lot of hdd bays. I'd like to move over to ESXi and virtualize my current home server.

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Well, actually, I think ESXi may actually support using iSCSI volumes. So you *may* be able to use them for VMs.  

I'm not as familiar with ESX, as I primarily use HyperV, but I think this may be what you're looking for:

http://www.vladan.fr/how-to-configure-esxi-5-for-iscsi-connection-to-drobo/

(for drobo, but the principle should apply)

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Absolutely. Here is no problem with doing that. And I know that at least a few people definitely do that.

 

But as dbailey has pointed out, it's better to do eSATA. The reason is that USB can be flaky, and drop the disks under heavy load sometimes. Depending on the USB controller. 

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