Journalling overhead

[DrTeeth]

I use flash drives in my N66U 374.41 router for the DLNA server.

I have it formatted as ext2 for files >4Gb and a lack of journalling support to minimise writes to the flash drive.

Are the journalling writes a significant factor in the 'wear' of a flash drive or not?

TIA

DrT

 

[RMerlin]

I use flash drives in my N66U 374.41 router for the DLNA server.

I have it formatted as ext2 for files >4Gb and a lack of journalling support to minimise writes to the flash drive.

Are the journalling writes a significant factor in the 'wear' of a flash drive or not?

TIA

DrT

Probably not that much, especially in your usage scenario (write once - read often media files).

I'd be more concerned if the disk was being used for intensive logging, database hosting, or similar uses that involves a lot of writes.

 

[DrTeeth]

Many thanks Merlin.