Fast Flash drives

[Mason64]

Hi

I am not sure if people on here call them flash drives, pen drives, data sticks, sorry but i wanted to ask is it worth getting something like the Kingston Digital HyperX Savage 3.1 USB pen drive if am going to be using it as a o/s drive on my home server (home labs for testing server 2016 and playing with linux) or is a standard pen drive ok for the likes of installing it ESXI on to it?

Thanks for any help.
Mason64

 

[GDL]

Standard is ok for Esxi. Used budget ones for years.

 

[egraphixstudios]

Yeah for esxi install should be fine. Just remember that esxi loads into memory- so the usb drive is only actually read during bootup and shutdown- and written to when you make config changes via vsphere or vcenter.

I had a client who was running off usb- ran fine for over 2 years- until they had a powercut- on reboot the usb was dead.

Would be really nice if it was possible to get a usb raid type setup...