[Discuss] SSD

[tmetro+blu at gmail.com (Tom Metro)]

Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> ...that's why things like ZFS and BTRFS implement OS-level
> checksumming of filesystems...
> 
> USB flash drives don't all have FEC or any error correction at all.  I have
> actually experienced enough bit errors from USB fobs, that I simply don't
> use them for anything anymore.  If I need usb storage, I use a hard drive or
> nothing.

Why not use an error correcting file system on them?


>> Does it make sense to have a
>> raid setup for redundancy? Or just trust the drives will work fine? 
> 
> If you would use redundant HDD's in the same situation, then use redudnant
> SSD's.  You choose the redundancy level of your storage purely by the value
> of your data...

"Value of your data" is a little misleading, as "RAID is not backup."
The more accurate statements is "value of your data availability."

 -Tom

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