On Sun, 30 May 2010 14:20:36 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards wrote: > > You're assuming that each backup only writes once, which is far from > > true. If you mount a drive with the sync option, the FAT is updated > > for every block you write, so even a single file can cause thousands > > of writes to the same location. > > And you're assuming that the flash controller chip in the USB drive > doesn't do wear-leavelling.
Even with wear levelling, writing in sync mode still does thousands of writes. They may be more spread out, but there are still a lot more than one per day and the previous assumptions are still false. -- Neil Bothwick Law of Mechanical Repair: After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch.
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