questions re: usb drive. fat32, linux file system

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Ralf Mardorf schreef op 21-06-2017 20:20:
> On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 16:49:25 +1000, Karl Auer wrote:
>> If you don't need the last access times, turn them off and your SSD
>> will last longer. So will an ordinary HDD, for that matter. And you'll
>> get a (very, very small) performance increase too :-)
> 
> If you need to access tons of files for audio real-time multi-track 
> hard
> disk recording, noatime for HDDs could gain a lot. However, for
> averaged usage the default for more or less all distros for good
> reasons is relatime.
> Nothing does last forever, but if gear does require special care,
> because common usage would reduce the lifespan to a ridiculous short
> duration, then it would be better not to use such crappy gear at all.
> Fortunately urban myths such as the fragil SSD are apparently nonsense.
> I can't say for sure how long a hard used SSD will last, the one I'm
> using isn't old, but regarding your claims it's already old enough, 
> that
> it should be completely broken regarding my careless usage.

That's not what he said.

I have had a mSATA SSD that had a lifespan of about 200 rewrites.

Yes, crappy.

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