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Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question

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From not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev)
Subject Re: simple Linux Mint file transfer question
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In aus.computers Felix <none@not.here> wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> On Sun, 8/17/2025 10:09 PM, Felix wrote:
>>> yes, USB sticks are the best option for convenient data storage.
>> The charge is estimated to stay on the floating gates for ten years.
>>
>> What kind of Reed Solomon error corrector is used in a USB stick ?
>>
>> SSDs have much better handling of the media than a USB stick does.

Last time I used a USB memory stick the other week it failed on me.
It was a 16GB one that I hadn't used for many years. The old data
read off OK and new files seemed to write onto it normally, but
when I later tried to read off the new files on another PC it
showed the stick full of files/directories with random characters,
and only one real directory left with correctly-named files and
contents. Writing the new data had quietly messed the whole stick
up, presumably due to some failure in the flash chip.

>> Find this kind of USB flash stick instead. This is an SSD architecture,
>> rather than a common USB stick design. I doubt you can find the
>> level of technical detail required to impress, but something
>> like this might have working Wear Leveling and sparing. The
>> reviews only give speed benchmarks, and the comments in the articles
>> betray a lack of info even to the reviewer to use. These can do
>> 800MB/sec, but the SLC cache eventually runs out and prolonged
>> writes slow down (it behaves like it has TLC inside, which is
>> a reasonable assumption). The thing likely gets warm when you do a long write.
>> Some of these things, would be better packaged in metal housings,
>> if they're going to get warm in usage.
>>
>>     https://www.patriotmemory.com/products/rage-prime-usb-3-2-flash-drive
> 
> I really don't need them.

I don't know how you'd reliably tell a "common USB stick design"
from an "SSD architecture" anyway. Going from the marketing guff
is never any guarantee. I'd go with M-Discs - keep the stuff to go
wrong in the drive, not the storage medium.

>> To test those, use a USB type A port with a *red* tab. I have only
>> one of those red tabs on my current computer. You would be using the red tab
>> only for benching. Stick with blue tab ports for best SI (signal
>> integrity). I've noticed some items plugged into the red port,
>> are doing retries.
> 
> It wouldn't be a good idea to put USB 3 flash drives into 3.2 ports, I 
> would think. The computer would be trying to write to them faster than 
> they're capable of writing, which could lead to data error.

USB devices can tell the host what version they are when they're
first detected and it can treat them appropriately thereafter.

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