Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive
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/
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