XPost: aus.computers, alt.os.linux.debian   
   From: nospam@needed.invalid   
      
   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.   
      
   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   
      
   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. Just something for you to test and see whether   
   they did a good job on your motherboard PCB layout.   
      
      Paul   
      
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