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Teardown, Optimization: Comsol 8Gb USB Flash Stick (2015)
A while back, I received a Comsol 8Gb USB Flash Stick for a test. As it turns out, I’ve managed to grab another, so I felt less bad about breaking one apart to work out what’s inside &#…
Dynamic Set leaves some blocks for reserve, whereas bin allows the system to automatically optimize with one target or another, and decide which “regular” capacity to allocate a drive to based on the workable flash. Other settings include the format file system (you don’t get a choice really), and options which help in real production usage (up to 32 simultaneous drives qualified using the same machine). This doesn’t indicate the drive will be stable in the future, as the flash wears, hence my recommendation to use stricter ECC (than the default 8 used by this manufacturer) and dynamic set to maximise the storage and improve the “safety” margin.
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