Quote Originally Posted by tutt
Hello,
In planning my deployment, it is very crucial for me to know if running OpenE from a bootable USB memory stick is sufficient. If the USB memory stick that contains all of the OpenE OS and configuration data fails, how would I recover? Can I simply install OpenE again and easily have it read the settings back in as far as my iSCSI targets and LUNs? I need to know this for SURE. Has anyone had a scenario where the media OpenE is running from is lost?
Yes, DSSV6 can be run from a USB thumb drive of at least 2GB. Yes, it can fail.
The settings and configuration can be downloaded from the DSS webGUI and saved for restore later. Your data will not be harmed in the process.