portable ssd

[T Zack Crawford]

I think USB 3 --> SATA is much slower than connecting directly to the motherboard, but an SSD connected this way is still faster than a 7200rpm HDD. I would buy any internal (e.g. TeamGroup) 2.5" SSD and connect it sata to USB and then you basically have a regular flash drive but much bigger. Format NTFS for regular windows flash drive or ext4 if you're just using on Linux 🤷‍♂️. I have found if you don't properly unmount NTFS, that tends to corrupt things worse than others

Sep 4, 2022 06:40:17 Michael via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>:

> 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 at 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 at 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.    
>>> 
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>>> On Sun, Sep 4, 2022 at 2:18 AM Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss <plug-discuss at 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 at 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.
>>>>> 
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