I think another advantage is that there are no mechanical parts to wear out.
On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 4:18 AM Phil Waclawski via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> The one advantage of an SSD vs a spinning USB Hard drive is that you can
> bump an SSD drive without worrying about the drive crashing, regardless of
> speed.
> Drawback is you usually want to keep it at most about 70% full so it can
> do proper wear levelling
> Phil W
>
> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 11:43 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> I’m not considering usb2/3/4. I’m thinking about when I upgrade my
>> computer. Right now I’m usb2. I know it will be slow that it might as well
>> be a spinner.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 2:18 AM Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss <
>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Especially if the controller supports UASP. *aboutHuge* speed increase.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Sep 3, 2022 at 11:15 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss <
>>> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Sat, 2022-09-03 at 19:11 -0700, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote:
>>>> > If I recall correctly what was said is USB will create a bottleneck
>>>> so
>>>> > an SSD drive is of no benefit. That is why the spinner was
>>>> recommended.
>>>>
>>>> I think I was the one who said that, but it was in regard to USB2. I
>>>> think USB3 is
>>>> fast enough to gain benefit from an SSD.
>>>>
>>>> SteveT
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