On 2/10/22 01:37, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote:
On Wed, Feb 09, 2022 at 06:50:49PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
I am looking for a small (~16 GB), low power, high-endurance, solid-state
storage device with a USB 1.0/1.1/2.0/3.0+ type-A plug, powered by a USB
1.0/1.1/2.0/3.0+ type-A receptacle, which is designed to be used as a system
drive. I would use it to install and run commercial and FOSS OS's (Windows,
macOS, Debian and FreeBSD) on SBC's, laptops, tablets, desktops,
workstations, servers, etc..
Corsair do a ruggedised USB stick - starts at 16G or 32G if you can find them
- I think which is USB 3.1
and blazingly fast but expensive. I got the Corsair 128 GB Voyager GTX
The Corsair Flash Voyager® GTX USB 3.1 128GB Premium Flash Drive looks
like it has SSD performance. But, I do not see any endurance
specifications.
What's high-endurance in your terms?
I am unable to find manufacturer specifications to quantify what "high
endurance" means, but I do own a 128 GB SanDisk High Endurance microSD
card and that is where I heard the phrase:
https://www.westerndigital.com/products/memory-cards/sandisk-high-endurance-uhs-i-microsd#SDSQQNR-032G-GN6IA
So, another option is to use this SD card with machines that have an
SDXC port, or to use this SD card with a USB adapter for machines that
do not.
As an alternative, StarTech makes two USB to sata adapter/ cables. I need
to do more search to see if my SSD's are compatible:
https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/usb3s2sat3cb
https://www.startech.com/en-us/hdd/usb312sat3cb
I think I've got one of these which is running to an old SSD and is alos fine.
Okay.
David