Binary Buddha
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So, I had a SanDisk Ultra Fit USB flash drive (SDCZ43-128G-A46 - 128GB) to run on Freenas off of. IMO this wouldn't qualify as one of the "cheap flash drives" people say to avoid.
However, I started getting CAM control errors and then wouldn't boot. After research, I found this is a known issue with running on flash drives as they're not "designed" for the amount of writes it was getting.
So question 1... What was writing to flash drive so much to cause it to fail in a little less than a year and how do I make it not do that?
question 2... If the writes are a known issue, why is it still recommended?
question 3... I'm currently running on an SSD due to the error right now. If I so choose, is there a "quick" way for me to migrate back over to an flash drive? I was thinking of doing a zfs snapshot send to the flash drive, but I don't know how that'll work with the bootloader and what not.
However, I started getting CAM control errors and then wouldn't boot. After research, I found this is a known issue with running on flash drives as they're not "designed" for the amount of writes it was getting.
So question 1... What was writing to flash drive so much to cause it to fail in a little less than a year and how do I make it not do that?
question 2... If the writes are a known issue, why is it still recommended?
question 3... I'm currently running on an SSD due to the error right now. If I so choose, is there a "quick" way for me to migrate back over to an flash drive? I was thinking of doing a zfs snapshot send to the flash drive, but I don't know how that'll work with the bootloader and what not.