Re: considering a new system and a sshd hybrid drive
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On 29/12/2019, shirish शिरीष <shirishag75@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/
>
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> Shirish Agarwal शिरीष अग्रवाल
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3. Meant https://www.backblaze.com/blog/backblaze-hard-drive-stats-q3-2019/
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