Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-28 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 11:16:44PM -0500, H.S. wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > On 02/27/2009 04:38 PM, H.S. wrote: > >> Any suggestion if this can be improved to prolong the life of the memory > >> stick? Or at least not reduce it on a Debian Testing system? > > > > 1. noatime has the most impact.

Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-27 Thread H.S.
Ron Johnson wrote: > On 02/27/2009 04:38 PM, H.S. wrote: >> Any suggestion if this can be improved to prolong the life of the memory >> stick? Or at least not reduce it on a Debian Testing system? > > 1. noatime has the most impact. Okay. > 2. Modern flash memory lasts much longer than older fla

Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-27 Thread H.S.
Daryl Styrk wrote: > H.S. wrote: >> Any suggestion if this can be improved to prolong the life of the memory >> stick? Or at least not reduce it on a Debian Testing system? >> >> Thanks. >> > > I would bet the router dies well before you burn up a flash drive. > > > http://www.getusb.info/what-i

Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-27 Thread Daryl Styrk
H.S. wrote: Hello, I have attached a USB stick (those little keychain devices) to my router machine. The idea is to add those 2 GB space so that my friends and family can transfer file to/from it. Now, I am also concerned with the number of read/write cycles limitation on these kind of memory d

Re: mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-27 Thread Ron Johnson
On 02/27/2009 04:38 PM, H.S. wrote: Hello, I have attached a USB stick (those little keychain devices) to my router machine. The idea is to add those 2 GB space so that my friends and family can transfer file to/from it. Now, I am also concerned with the number of read/write cycles limitation o

mount options to not reduce life of a USB memory stick

2009-02-27 Thread H.S.
Hello, I have attached a USB stick (those little keychain devices) to my router machine. The idea is to add those 2 GB space so that my friends and family can transfer file to/from it. Now, I am also concerned with the number of read/write cycles limitation on these kind of memory devices. I have