Am Sun, Mar 09, 2025 at 10:32:37PM -0500 schrieb Dale:
> I suspect it is safer than on a USB. I believe that the old spinning
> rust is likely the most durable long term storage without powering up
> during storage. I once hooked up a bunch of old IDE drives that hadn't
> had power to them in ye
Michael wrote:
> On Saturday, 8 March 2025 22:48:29 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
>> Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>>> Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:40:48PM +0100 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
Another thing to consider: don’t put it into the safe for a year without
powering it up. As was explain
On Saturday, 8 March 2025 22:48:29 Greenwich Mean Time Dale wrote:
> Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> > Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:40:48PM +0100 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
> >> Another thing to consider: don’t put it into the safe for a year without
> >> powering it up. As was explained in a previous m
Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
> Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:40:48PM +0100 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
>
>> Another thing to consider: don’t put it into the safe for a year without
>> powering it up. As was explained in a previous mail, QLC uses sixteen
>> different levels of charge inside one single f
Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 11:40:48PM +0100 schrieb Frank Steinmetzger:
> Another thing to consider: don’t put it into the safe for a year without
> powering it up. As was explained in a previous mail, QLC uses sixteen
> different levels of charge inside one single flash cell. The chance of a bit
Grant Edwards wrote:
> On 2025-02-20, Frank Steinmetzger wrote:
>
>> Another thing to consider: don’t put it into the safe for a year without
>> powering it up. As was explained in a previous mail, QLC uses sixteen
>> different levels of charge inside one single flash cell. The chance of a bit
Am Thu, Feb 20, 2025 at 12:18:30PM -0600 schrieb Dale:
> Michael wrote:
> I use external USB sticks a lot for critical backup files, world, /etc
> and most important, /root where some of my so called scripts live.
> Reading this thread made me question even more the dependability of USB
> sticks.
Michael wrote:
> For reliable NAND flash storage on a modern PC which can make use of the
> higher speeds, I wholeheartedly agree the M.2 small form factor SSD drive
> within a USB enclosure must be a consideration. Or one of the external SATA
> SSDs which are physically bigger, with a USB cabl
On 2/18/25 16:13, Michael wrote:
For reliable NAND flash storage on a modern PC which can make use of the
higher speeds, I wholeheartedly agree the M.2 small form factor SSD drive
within a USB enclosure must be a consideration. Or one of the external SATA
SSDs which are physically bigger, with a
On Tuesday 18 February 2025 18:54:07 Greenwich Mean Time Philip Webb wrote:
> So yes, at least 1 of the sticks is unusable & probably both.
> I can take/mail them back to the store & ask them to test them with Linux
> & refund my CAD if they confirm they're defective.
I would refrain from stati
250218 Michael wrote:
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> This is good news, it confirms neither of them are counterfeit units.
> However, the 2nd stick appears to be defective. It takes almost 3.5 times
> as long than the first stick and from what we know for no good reason.
> This indi
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