An ssd on usb 2 still has an advantage in random seek operation and power consumption vs spinning rust. On top of being vibration and movement resilient in comparison. And it will also provide a touch of future-proofing.
On Thu, Aug 4, 2022, 5:33 PM Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2022-08-04 at 05:43 -0700, Keith Smith via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > > > > > I'm thinking the bottleneck might be the USB. Any thoughts PLUG? > > I'm almost positive that a USB2 interface will badly bottleneck an SSD. > Might as > well get a 5400rpm spinning rust. > > If you have even one USB3 on your computer, you can get a USB3 USB hub > with its own > power supply, so you have plenty of USB3 ports. > > SteveT > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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