What every programmer should know about solid-state drives (2014)

Re:What every programmer should know about solid-state drive... by lostlogin on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @01:59PM (#31495391)

> because the difference between minutes and hours is hard to argue with.

If the backups are incremental it shouldn’t take hours.

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Re:What every programmer should know about solid-state drive... by samatman on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @02:03PM (#31495432)

For a given backup an SSD will be much faster, less susceptible to drop and vibration damage, and pocketable where a portable hard drive is pouchable at best.

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Re:What every programmer should know about solid-state drive... by Retric on Tuesday May 24, 2022 @02:03PM (#31495428)

Incremental backups are slightly higher risk.

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