at bottom :- On 29/12/2019, shirish शिरीष <shirisha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I read Alexander's reply with interest at [1] . > > @Alexander, thank you for taking time to answer my question/s . Maybe > you can CC me the next time :) > > What was also interesting in your answer was the use of dark marketing > practises used by some manufacturers to disguise TLC (3-bit NAND) > memory chips as MLC ones but haven't shared either literature or any > tools to tell them apart. > > I do remember and have seen similar USB pendrives who claim to have > 16/32 GB but when you use them, they don't work at least with USB 2.0 > . I have been told by some people that for such 'big drives' usually > usb 3.0/3.1 is good but as don't have access to such ports it's > neither here or there. Anyways, most places even airports usually have > usb 2.0 ports rather than usb 3.0/3.1 but that's a different argument > or point altogether (the whole usb 2.0/3.0/3.1 stuff.) > > You shared something called TBW or DWPD ratings for SSD but again > didn't share anything about that. Any links or literature which will > help me find a bit more about them and perhaps what you have used it > for ? My workload varies, sometimes it is compiling, sometimes it is > running some tests, sometimes doing gaming and sometimes just browsing > and using multimedia (movies etc.) . So my idea and stress would be > general system improvements and response times. Also my budget is not > that great, at the most I could afford is either a 500 GB to 1 TB > > I have also been reading about multi-actuator heads [2] in traditional > HDD's but guessing they will be probably be priced and used by > enterprise more rather than the enthusiast class at least in the > beginning. I also have read blackbaze hdd failures to get some ideas > about what's good or not even though their use-case scenario is far > bigger than mine.[3] > > For e.g. for me the question would be how to deal with backups and > crashes if a time comes, as checking 4 TB hdd's is also insane, at > least in my puny setup. > > Looking forward to know more. > > 1. https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/12/msg00726.html > 2. > https://blog.seagate.com/craftsman-ship/multi-actuator-technology-a-new-performance-breakthrough/ > 3. https://www.backblaze.com/blog/hard-drive-reliability-stats-q1-2016/ > > -- > Regards, > Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल > My quotes in this email licensed under CC 3.0 > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ > http://flossexperiences.wordpress.com > > E493 D466 6D67 59F5 1FD0 930F 870E 9A5B 5869 609C >
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