Install on USB key

cloudguy

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I'm trying eliminate the need for any hard disk storage in my Proxmox deployment (compute nodes only). Based on this URL, it appears possible to install Proxmox on a USB key and boot off it. (http://c-nergy.be/blog/?p=1159). Are there any performance impacting draw backs in doing so? (swap / cache / proxmox cluster / etc...). I'm planning to have 2-3 nodes in a cluster each booting off a USB key.
In theory it shouldn't matter, as relatively small configuration files are written / read once the system is booted.

Is anyone doing this?
 
Not yet, but I'm playing with this too. I tried ESXi 5.0 on an USB flash drive before. ESXi stores the /var folder on the harddrive. This is made during setup.
 

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