On Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:24:12 -0700
Jeremy Chadwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 03:11:50PM +0200, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have installed FreeBSD 7.0R on that eeePC 900 and because of the
> > limited life time of the SSD (see
> > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wear_levelling )
> > I disabled some logging stuff which I don't need on that tiny laptop,
> > ...
> > any other ideas how to reduces unnecessary often-writes?
> 
> Why bother?  http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html
> 

I've also seen test results in c't magazine where they did millions of
writes to the same physical sector and never saw any errors.  The
manufacturers have really good internal wear leveling algorithms
which are totally transparent to the user.

---
Gary Jennejohn
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