One option is to use a USB SSD rather than a thumb drive. It'll have much better wear-leveling and speed. There are USB 3.0 SSDs available. http://www.newegg.com/External-SSD/SubCategory/ID-2022. Another option is to put an SSD into a USB 3.0 hard drive enclosure.
- Alex -- Smart is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wise is knowing better than to put one in a fruit salad. On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 1:21 PM, Rosen, Robert (NIH/NIAMS) [E] < [email protected]> wrote: > Not a wise thing to do Jeffrey. Not only is the speed probably slower > (unless you're at USB 3.0), but flash drives are not designed for usage > like that (high, frequent I/O). It will "wear out" and fail. > > _________________________________ > Robert Rosen > Senior IT Advisor > National Institute of Arthritis and > Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases > National Institutes of Health > US Department of Health & Human Services > E-Mail: [email protected] > > NIH … Turning Discovery into Health > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > ------------------------------ > > >Message: 2 > >Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 17:18:19 +0700 > >From: "Jeffrey Race" <[email protected]> > >Subject: [Thinkpad] Use thumb drive for ram? > >To: "Thinkpad Users Group" <[email protected]> > > >Is there some save way to use a thumb drive as RAM or as a location for a > paging file (WXP or W7)? > >How? Gotchas? > >Jeffrey Race > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
