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Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD

From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.os.linux
Subject Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD
Date 2025-03-22 23:20 +0100
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On 2025-03-22 19:18, Paul wrote:
> On Sat, 3/22/2025 8:52 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>> On 2025-03-21 15:16, Paul wrote:
>>> On Fri, 3/21/2025 6:51 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>> On 2025-03-20 23:01, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Mar 2025 12:24:07 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2025-03-19 22:00, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:05:06 +0000, Ant wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> exFAT can handle bigger files and partitions.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But it doesn’t offer the option for journalling to guard against
>>>>>>> filesystem corruption on crashes or improper removal/shutdown, does it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perfect.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You do not want journalling on an usb stick or memory card.
>>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Exactly. SSDs algorithm and processing power (I read of an
>>> SSD yesterday with a five core ARM processor in it), ensures
>>> that the entire wear life of the device (number of cells times cycles)
>>> is harvested. USB sticks don't even come remotely close to that. Some
>>> USB sticks, don't even seem to follow what technical information
>>> is available for them. Either their flash chips are entire crap
>>> (should have been thrown out at flash factory), or, something
>>> is very wrong with the controller.
>>
>> I just realized I have an nvme with 72713 hours of use. Probably the first one I bought.
>>
>>
>> === START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
>> Model Family:     SandForce Driven SSDs
>> Device Model:     KINGSTON SMS200S3120G
>> Serial Number:    ...
>> LU WWN Device Id: 5 0026b7 26901494e
>> Firmware Version: 608ABBF0
>> User Capacity:    120,034,123,776 bytes [120 GB]
>> Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
>> Rotation Rate:    Solid State Device
>> TRIM Command:     Available
>> Device is:        In smartctl database 7.3/5528
>> ATA Version is:   ATA8-ACS, ACS-2 T13/2015-D revision 3
>> SATA Version is:  SATA 3.0, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
>> Local Time is:    Sat Mar 22 13:14:02 2025 CET
>> SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
>> SMART support is: Enabled
>>
>> ...
>>
>> SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
>> Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
>> ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
>>    1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x0032   095   095   050    Old_age   Always       -       0/38481593
>>    5 Retired_Block_Count     0x0033   100   100   003    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
>>    9 Power_On_Hours_and_Msec 0x0032   017   017   000    Old_age   Always       -       72713h+43m+19.000s

...

>> I just run a short test, but it doesn't show - or they count hours differently:
>>
>> SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
>> Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
>> # 1  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      7178         -
>> # 2  Extended offline    Completed without error       00%      7168         -
>> # 3  Short offline       Completed without error       00%      7166         -
> 
> That's amazing, that a 120GB drive is still alive. Some of those
> die due to firmware issues.

Oh.


> it could be a SATA type NVME, rather than a PCIe.

This one has the small connector directly on the PCB. The first one I 
saw. But the interesting thing is that it identifies as /dev/sda, not 
/dev/nvme0n1

> 
> The entry in /dev should help you identify what it is listed under.

Ah. Well, /dev/sda.

> 
> As far as I know, Sandforce did compressing controllers for SATA,
> and Kingston was their major customer. I could not tell you
> whether Sandforce was still in business or not.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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  Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2025-03-11 13:16 +0100
    Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-03-11 23:34 +1100
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                Re: When I back-up .... Coping my Entire Internal HD to an external HD Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-03-22 22:02 +0000
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