-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Quentin Harley wrote: > Another thing that might be prohibitive of a production system running > off a USB disk is the number of write cycles a flash memory can handle. > > http://www.getusb.info/what-is-the-life-cycle-of-a-usb-flash-drive/ > > This means that even if you never remove the drive from the port, it can > only handle 10,000 to 100,000 write cycles to a single memory location. > Some locations are almost continuously written to... There are Linux > distributions designed for USB flash that limits disk writes, but 64 > Studio is optimised for performance.
All of the flash and solid state devices that I have seen in the last couple of years have wear levelling technology that essentially randomizes every write transparently in the background. Even so, it is a good idea to manage one's expectations with respect to the limitations that USB storage imposes. > > Still, a good way to be portable, but do not keep critical data on the > "system" USB stick... > Spinning platters are not reliable either :) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkmsVrwACgkQwRXgH3rKGfOGbACfW5RVYraGice5FH+NVyA04ipS 8q8AoKmY+eixv/WRTVowD30C9LUFsFLI =oltz -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ 64studio-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.64studio.com/mailman/listinfo/64studio-users
