So, i use linux with kde and was copying some gigabytes of files from a smartphone to a usb device and while doing that the system monitor kept showing that it was writing some mb/s and i got curious, is said writing happening to my ssd or is it just talking about the usb drive?

  • aard@kyu.de
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    12
    ·
    1 year ago

    The data should be bypassing your internal disk, though depending on the hardware involved it is possible (yet nowadays unlikely) that this will cause swap to be written to the internal disk.

    You can watch which device is being written to using iotop.

    • QuillsOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      i see, will take a look on what iotop shows next time then, thank you very much!

      • Mohammad K.@discuss.tchncs.de
        cake
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Could you please give the result here after you checked? I got also curious if it’s temporary copied to ram or disk before moving.

        • QuillsOP
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          okay i’ll try to take a screenshot!

  • Rentlar@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    7
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    For files on your phone transferred via MTP, when you open a file directly, it copies it to a temporary folder then you can play the file or open the document, then delete them after you close/disconnect. So transferring files might copy it to the temp folder on your SSD first before moving it.

    • QuillsOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      1 year ago

      oh, yeah that’s a possibility