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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2025 23:20:34 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:51:45 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> But SSDs are also built on flash memory technology; do you disable
>> journalling on those as well?
> 
> No, they have wear levelling, and an expected lifetime with normal usage
> patterns that is quite long.

Fun fact: SSDs at a low level resemble what’s called a “log-structured” 
filesystem. This is what happens when you have a filesystem that is all 
journal, getting rid of the conventional filesystem part altogether.