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mvip
on June 24, 2019
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...if they could only fix the storage. Using SD cards for this workload is a very bad fit.
stedaniels
on June 24, 2019
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Why don't you just use USB3 storage?
mvip
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That's fine for your desk, but hardly a good solution when deploying Raspberry Pis in the wild.
TheAceOfHearts
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Why not? I'm not very familiarized with this space, but couldn't you just use a low-profile USB flash drive like this [0]?
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01GK9921C/
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In theory, yes (but quality varies a lot on them). The point is that adding a proper eMMC would have made the device a lot more "production ready".
jamesfmilne
on June 24, 2019
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That's why they make the Compute Module with the option for eMMC storage.
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on June 25, 2019
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It's not for production it's for kids to learn to code on.
stedaniels
on June 26, 2019
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So all those many hundreds of thousands of VM hosts out there deployed in production, running their hypervisors from USB must be failing left right and centre... or not.
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