Satadom

[julong]

On the x10srl-f motherboard does using sata Dom take up some of the 10 sata ports it has or are they separate?

 

[Ericloewe]

The answer is always yes, they are normal SATA ports with extra power pins. They are not separate.

 

[julong]

I wonder why the motherboard lists them as separate. It says 10x sata 3 and under it, it says 2x superdom.

Is using a USB for Plex media server jail a good idea?

 

[danb35]

Is using a USB for Plex media server jail a good idea?

You would never want to put jails on a USB stick.

 

[PhiloEpisteme]

I wonder why the motherboard lists them as separate. It says 10x sata 3 and under it, it says 2x superdom.

It's just how they describe their ports. Think of it as "There are 10 SATA ports, 2 of which have extra power pins to support SATA DOMS". If you look at the photo of the board it shows 8 white SATA ports and 2 yellow SATA ports. Those two yellow ports are the SATA DOM ports.

 

[julong]

You would never want to put jails on a USB stick.

So is it the consensus that I have my jail and server on the same pool (HDD) as my media or should I have a SSD to house that? Is there any beneift or downsides to either option?

 

[danb35]

is it the consensus that I have my jail and server on the same pool (HDD) as my media

I think it should be--there isn't any real benefit served by having jails on a SSD. I do, but that's a holdover from when I was running a VirtualBox jail and actually storing VMs on that pool (for which it did improve performance).