> Am 13.01.2016 um 22:22 schrieb John Burwell <[email protected]>: > > > USB3 is not supported by SmartOS (last time I checked). > I would *LOVE* to see USB3 support (and UASP for that matter) > in SmartOS. Maybe someone in the know could comment on this. > > You're not alone. There are several open issues in illumos asking for USB 3, > and more than one thread about it on the mailing lists and in the IRC logs. > It's not trivial, and Joyent has no use for it, so it's unlikely to come from > SmartOS. It might come from Illumos and/or OI one day, but the people who > know enough about it are generally committed to higher priorities. > > Besides, arguably superior solutions to most problems solved by USB 3 are > available over the network or via a system bus like SATA.
Maybe. But for attaching cheap and large external disks for backup purposes USB3 is actually a good solution. I do that on Mac OSX (with OpenZFS) all the time. And Thunderbolt disks are much more expensive… and in practice (for the backup use case) not really faster. Also I am setting up a home lab with Intel NUCs and here again USB3 would be very handy to attach large disks as the NUCs only support one internal 2.5“ disk. /Dirk ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
