That is great news about pool imports in 3.8.1.
I have just reinstalled after my install on a usb key died.
I did some research and found the following two pieces of hardware that I figured would make a great boot device for my Rackstor machine.
SanDisk Mini SSD mSATA 16GB Solid State Drive
PCI-E PCIe to mSATA SSD+SATA3.0 Combo Extender Adapter
Both purchased from ebay for a total of $36AUD from china they showed up earlier in the week.
After installing them the SSD showed up a a boot option in the bios which I was very pleased about.
I then booted from the Rockstor-3.8-0.iso that I had written to a usb stick and the ssd was visible in the installer.
The install when without a hitch and took only a few minutes to complete.
I then booted updated to 3.8.1 and imported my existing pool 4 x 1TB drives in Raid10 and boom it worked first time perfectly.
That is great work guys this is shaping up to be an amazing storage platform.
I will continue to experiment and report my findings and experiences.
Cheers
Chris