Dell PowerEdge - SD Card Install?

[martyf81]

Can HexOS be installed to the SD Card Module inside the Dell Power Edge servers?

I have 2 x 64GB SD Cards in my R630 that I typically install OS to so I am not wasting a drive bay.  Will that be possible/effective for HexOS? I feel like it is, but the FAQ says SSD boot device.

[dreddpenguin]

34 minutes ago, martyf81 said:

Can HexOS be installed to the SD Card Module inside the Dell Power Edge servers?

I have 2 x 64GB SD Cards in my R630 that I typically install OS to so I am not wasting a drive bay.  Will that be possible/effective for HexOS? I feel like it is, but the FAQ says SSD boot device.

If it is you should consider putting logs directory on different storage, depending on your utilization, heavy log writes will kill SD cards quick.

[marvin.the.robot]

I'll have one of these to test once I get access if you haven't yet purchased a licence. 

I'll let you know how I go with it.

[marvin.the.robot]

Could not get my Dell PowerEdge R530 to detect the 32Gb microSD card (with adaptor) I have to test this out.
Most likely a fault with my server and not the HexOS as I'm not able to detect the SD card in the Bios under vFlash either.
Will keep you updated if I find a fix for this.

[Jor]

I actually got HexOs installed on and booting from an SD card, it was actually super easy.

Must be down to the hardware not supporting it.

[marvin.the.robot]

23 minutes ago, Jor said:

I actually got HexOs installed on and booting from an SD card, it was actually super easy.

Must be down to the hardware not supporting it.

Yeah, I think it's an issue with my server, can't detect the vFlash SD card

[marvin.the.robot]

So I managed to get the SD card to detect, but I can only make 4Gb partitions on it via the bios/iDrac, so not very useful in my case.
Maybe it would work if I had the dual SD card slot and not just the iDrac SD card slot.