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Recommendations for USB flash drive fast at writing small files

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Mar 15, 20266678 views
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I want a drive that I can be used as my work drive, storing a Subversion repo and sandbox for a small project. I'd also like it to be able to store a DVD rip. At the moment I've got a Super Talent pico-C 8gb. It's fast at reading and writing DVD rips, but the performance on small files (ie less tha…

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I'm surprised no one has talked about the underlying technology. Most newer, larger flash drives use multi-level cell (MLC) flash technology, while older drives use single-level cell (SLC). Small-file performance is much, much better with SLC-based …

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