Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.sys.mac.system > #83701

Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays?

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

Show all headers | View raw

In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> wrote:
> On 10/16/2015 4:31 PM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>> In comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> wrote:
>>>
>>> On all my flash drives I've asked support what size sectors to use with
>>> NTFS to get the best speed, and none of them said not to use it, or that
>>> it would have a disadvantage.
>>
>> Personally I wouldn't trust tech support for a consumer product like that
>> to know what they're talking about, but that's just me.
> 
> I'm sure that's where your experience points you.
> 
> My several USB drives have all been ok. I really think the NTFS helps to 
> keep the file system solid. Maybe it does a little more wear? But I'm 
> just using them for backup.
> 
> I do mirror my main backup thumb drive to another one after I back up, 
> in case it gets cooked somehow. I keep them both on me, even in bed ... 
> in case of fire and escape.
> 
> Plus I have the critical stuff in the cloud.
> 
> The only disadvantage is, I think Windows can decide to not release an 
> NTFS very easily, relating it to disk drives. I'd have to try a FAT 
> drive to compare.

Reliability wise NTFS _should_ be better than FAT32 because it does
journaling, but that journaling also has wear and speed sacrifices, like
for the Linux ext3 and later file systems.

The ext3 file system also has other problems with flash devices as
described in the article I linked to, I don't know how they relate
to NTFS.

-- 
__          __
#_ < |\| |< _#

Back to comp.sys.mac.system | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 01:38 +0000
  Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-16 07:57 -0300
  Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-16 07:20 -0700
    Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Warren Oates <warren.oates@gmail.com> - 2015-10-16 11:17 -0400
      Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Shadow <Sh@dow.br> - 2015-10-16 13:16 -0300
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 23:35 +0000
      Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-16 17:09 -0700
    Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-16 23:31 +0000
      Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-16 17:13 -0700
        Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-18 03:13 +0000
          Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-18 03:23 -0700
            Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-18 03:50 -0700
              Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-18 04:05 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2015-10-18 09:42 -0400
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? Ed Light <nobody@nobody.there> - 2015-10-18 18:10 -0700
                Re: Best format for USB flash drives nowadays? not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2015-10-18 21:13 +0000

csiph-web