Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives

2025-02-20 Thread Michael
On Wednesday 19 February 2025 12:20:33 Greenwich Mean Time Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Am Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 02:10:35PM -0500 schrieb Philip Webb: > > 250218 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > One thing I forgot to mention: AFAIK not all such enclosures support TRIM. > If you want to get one, check th

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives

2025-02-19 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 02:10:35PM -0500 schrieb Philip Webb: > 250218 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > > I recommend an external USB case with an NVMe SSD inside. > > This may not be as compact and not as cheap, > > but they are much much much faster and probably longer-lasting > > than any USB stick,

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives

2025-02-19 Thread Frank Steinmetzger
Am Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 11:25:28PM + schrieb Michael: > > TLC (tri-level cells) > > > > Hey, what if we do 8 different charge levels! Now you get 4 bits per > > cell. Even harder to do, even less reliable... > > > > > > QLC (quad-level cells) > > > > [I think you see where this is going]

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives

2025-02-18 Thread Michael
On Tuesday 18 February 2025 21:18:03 Greenwich Mean Time Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2025-02-18, Philip Webb wrote: > > 250218 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > >> I recommend an external USB case with an NVMe SSD inside. > >> This may not be as compact and not as cheap, > >> but they are much much much f

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: problem formatting new 256 GB USB stick : alternatives

2025-02-18 Thread Philip Webb
250218 Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > I recommend an external USB case with an NVMe SSD inside. > This may not be as compact and not as cheap, > but they are much much much faster and probably longer-lasting > than any USB stick, because their flash controllers are more sophisticated > and the parts o