Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

Bowdoin wrote: > I wouldn't overthink this too much at all. You should be completely fine > with an SSD for this use. Of course, anything can fail at any time if > you're unlucky enough. It's electronics, after all. It's not a question of "if". It's a question of "when" it will fail. That is

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

I wouldn't overthink this too much at all. You should be completely fine with an SSD for this use. Of course, anything can fail at any time if you're unlucky enough. It's electronics, after all. Bowdoin's Profile:

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

In typical usage today, SSDs will accept quite a lot of writing until they fail. But of course they CAN fail early, so a backup is always a good idea. In 2016, Germany-based renowned computer magazine c't performed a long-term test about how much data can be written to SSDs before they fail.

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

w3wilkes wrote: > On the SSD finite read/write cycles... Most vendors now build their > laptops with SSD main drives. I would think that if this were a real > world concern SSD's wouldn't be the current preferred device type for > laptops. I would think a music library on a SSD would have

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

On the SSD finite read/write cycles... Most vendors now build their laptops with SSD main drives. I would think that if this were a real world concern SSD's wouldn't be the current preferred device type for laptops. I would think a music library on a SSD would have substantially less I/O

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

2. Have a backup because you have finite read/write cycles. Backup is a fundamental concept which has nothing to do with the storage type... -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

I'm told by people who claim to know better than I do that SSDs have two caveats 1. Never defrag them 2. Have a backup because you have finite read/write cycles. Otherwise I agree with your experience, they are faster and quieter. I'm currently re-ripping my CD collection to a SamsungT5

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

> On 7 Mar 2019, at 09:09, cliveb > wrote: > > > rkrug wrote: >> ... plus this card >> https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/raspberry-pi-and-other-sbc-accessories/x820-v30-shield-sata-25-hddssd-for-raspberry-pi-p-13288.html >>

Re: [slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

rkrug wrote: > ... plus this card > https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/raspberry-pi-and-other-sbc-accessories/x820-v30-shield-sata-25-hddssd-for-raspberry-pi-p-13288.html >

[slim] SSD as USB storage - some feedback and thanks.

I recently gave my pi a present - an SSD (1TB) and a new home https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0779CHX9L/ plus this card https://www.audiophonics.fr/en/raspberry-pi-and-other-sbc-accessories/x820-v30-shield-sata-25-hddssd-for-raspberry-pi-p-13288.html