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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 27 Sep 2024 21:32:07 -0400, Paul wrote:   
      
   > Once you get up to a certain size, they tend to use SSD controllers   
   > inside, then a USB converter connected to that. This can radically   
   > improve the storage characteristic. The SSD controller has static and   
   > dynamic wear leveling. Very few USB sticks have that in a USB controller   
   > (but there are some).   
      
   The thing is, Linux has, included as standard, support for filesystems   
   (e.g. f2fs, ubifs) that are specifically designed for use on flash   
   storage, with features like wear-levelling directly built into their   
   storage-management algorithms.   
      
   Consider that SSDs (including USB sticks) incorporate elaborate interface   
   controllers to pretend to the OS that they are disks and can use   
   conventional disk-centric filesystems: imagine the overhead that would   
   simply disappear if you could go direct to the low-level storage and use   
   one of these purpose-built filesystems!   
      
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