Gluster users - Aug 2014 - Run gluster server from flash drive

Hi Guys, we are about to get two of these
http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4U/6047/SSG-6047R-E1R36N.cfm and
the seller said that we have to use one of the 36 drives as OS drive. I'd
like to avoid using one of the swappable drives for the OS, has anyone
tried running gluster nodes from flash pendrives? Is it a better idea than
loosing one of the drives? Any other idea?

Regards,

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Pavlik Salles Juan Jos?
Blog - http://viviendolared.blogspot.com
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On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Juan Jos? Pavlik Salles
<jjpavlik at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Guys, we are about to get two of these
> http://www.supermicro.com/products/system/4U/6047/SSG-6047R-E1R36N.cfm and
> the seller said that we have to use one of the 36 drives as OS drive.
I'd
> like to avoid using one of the swappable drives for the OS, has anyone
tried
> running gluster nodes from flash pendrives? Is it a better idea than
loosing
> one of the drives? Any other idea?
>
> Regards,

Some of these supermicro servers allow you to add two 2.5" drives (eg:
for a software mdadm raid 1) in the rear with a special bracket. If
the server doesn't support this bracket, then you can enclose them
internally. I wrote about this type of hardware setup here:
https://ttboj.wordpress.com/2012/07/19/my-gluster-setup-described/
(old post, not necessarily still relevant, but idk)

HTH
James