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Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file

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On Monday, April 08, 2019 10:18:28 AM Curt wrote:
> On 2019-04-08, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
> > And someone would (or should) ask what does "frequently" mean, and that
> > is what I am trying to quantify.
> 
> Sure. But below a certain level of granularity it becomes an exercise
> for which the benefits remain to be established.  Large files and
> frequent writes to disk are probably not ideal for an SSD. You can read
> that anywhere. What else can anyone say? 

I've seen that implied, but not explicitly stated, nor with "quantification" 
(i.e., supporting evidence).

> What are you trying to do?
> Measure the daily byte-count of your writes and compare that to some
> hypothetical standard or threshold above which it would be suggested to
> employ an HDD rather than a SSD?

As mentioned in another post, I am starting to fear for the reilability of an 
HDD (DOAs, early failures, unwilingness of the vendor / manufacturer to 
provide a warranty), and, therefore, I am trying to determine if an SSD could 
be a better choice.

(Someday, I expect it will be -- is that day here?)

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Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-06 19:40 +0200
  Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-06 22:40 +0200
  Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-04-06 23:50 +0200
    Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2019-04-07 00:40 +0200
    Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-07 11:50 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-07 12:00 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 15:10 +0200
    Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 14:20 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net> - 2019-04-07 15:00 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> - 2019-04-07 18:30 +0200
  Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-04-07 03:30 +0200
    Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 15:00 +0200
  Re: [OFF-LIST] Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-07 14:00 +0200
  Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Carles Pina i Estany <carles@pina.cat> - 2019-04-07 22:30 +0200
    Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Reco <recoverym4n@enotuniq.net> - 2019-04-07 22:30 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 09:50 +0200
        Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 14:50 +0200
          Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 15:40 +0200
          Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 15:40 +0200
            Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 15:50 +0200
              Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 16:20 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 17:00 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2019-04-08 18:20 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-08 19:00 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 19:20 +0200
            Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2019-04-12 11:20 +0200
              Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2019-04-12 14:10 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-12 19:20 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written  to disk when I repeatedly save a file Michael Stone <mstone@debian.org> - 2019-04-12 20:50 +0200
                Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-12 22:50 +0200
          Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 15:50 +0200
            Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 18:00 +0200
      Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to disk when I repeatedly save a file rhkramer@gmail.com - 2019-04-08 14:40 +0200
        Re: Measuring (or calculating) how many bytes are actually written to  disk when I repeatedly save a file David <bouncingcats@gmail.com> - 2019-04-08 16:40 +0200

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