We’ve been having problems installing NexentaStor 3.1.1 on one of our storage servers using two Kingston quad-channel USB drives. The idea was to maximise storage capacity and utilise all available HDD bays, while running NexentaStor off two mirrored high-speed USB drives. The problem we encountered was that installation hang on “Updating Boot Archive” message. It was quite surprising that we were unable to find a workable solution, while this issue was extremely easy to resolve. The Dell PowerVault x300 server we used (this step will be very similar to any Dell PowerVault or PowerEdge server) by default emulates USB drives […]