Question
I'm using a mac and I'm making a virtual machine (MineOS) with VirtualBox. If I were to run the virtual machine (and it's resources, including the virtual hard disk) from the usb drive, would it wear out very quickly from read/writes?
I'm not sure how much read/writing it will receive but I wouldn't want to run it off the USB for a day and find out the next morning that it's totally dead.
Answer
My personal recommendation: Do not do this!
I know from experience that a Minecraft server is reading and writing continously (albeit lessened if you turn off autosave). If you accidentally pulled the USB stick out while it was running, you could corrupt your world too.
I anticipate that if you try this, you will wear out the stick very fast (depending on the size and quality of the stick).
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