[EdLUG] SSD

[John Dow]

Also bear in mind that SD cards are wildly variable in quality. Don’t use them to store your only copy of something important :)

John

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> On 21 Jun 2020, at 22:56, Andrew Smith <asmith9983 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Andrew
> Symbolic links will do the job just fine.
> -s option with ln. I used a  similar situation to store all my iplayer downloads on a separate drive.
> Andrew 
> 
> 
>> On Sun, 21 Jun 2020 at 20:39, Andrew Ramage <andrew.ramage.1963 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I have decided that lining them to a directory under my home directory 
>> is the best option.  Here are the commands.
>> 
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ mkdir One
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ cd One
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ ln /media/andrew/6435-3539/
>> ln: /media/andrew/6435-3539/: hard link not allowed for directory
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ ln -s /media/andrew/6435-3539/
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/One$ cd ..
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ mkdir Two
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks$ cd Two
>> andrew at andrew-Lenovo-G50-30:~/Disks/Two$ ln -s /media/andrew/76E8-CACF/
>> 
>> Will I be able to save files to directories One/6435-3539/ and 
>> Two/76E8-CACF/ to put files on the SDs ?
>> 
>> On 21/06/2020 20:09, Roy wrote:ow do I find
>> >
>> > On 21/06/2020 18:59, Andrew Ramage wrote:
>> >> ed I have just acquired a hub for SD cards and two 64G SD cards.  Is 
>> >> there any way to link these cards to the SSD in my computer, which 
>> >> has 45.9G free space ?
>> >>
>> > Andrew,
>> >
>> > How are they connected to your PC?
>> > onn
>> > Internally, they are the same technology as your SSD but the SD card 
>> > interface makes them less than half the speed, at best.
>> >
>> > To keep the size and cost down, SD cards may be missing features that 
>> > an SSD has, like trim and wear leveling.
>> >
>> > Do some speed tests before you think about how the merge them with 
>> > your SSD. That may indicate that there are areas of your install that 
>> > they are not suitable for.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> >
>> > Roy Bamford
>> >
>> >
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