Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/27/2009 04:38 PM, H.S. wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have attached a USB stick (those little keychain devices) to my router
> machine. The idea is to add those 2 GB space so that my friends and
> family can transfer file to/from it.
>
> Now, I am also concerned with the number of read/write cycles limitation
> on these kind of memory devices. I have the following line in /etc/fstab
> to mount the stick:
>
> UUID=726D-5386 /media/tempdisk vfat
> fmask=111,dmask=0,noauto,user,quiet,shortname=mixed,nosuid,noatime,flush,utf8
> 0 1
>
> IIRC, this was based on some google search I did when I first attached
> that device to the machine.
>
> Any suggestion if this can be improved to prolong the life of the memory
> stick? Or at least not reduce it on a Debian Testing system?

1. noatime has the most impact.

2. Modern flash memory lasts much longer than older flash,

3. How often will your friends/family be writing to it????

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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