I find that USB drives usually fail at the USB connector. The flash memory itself almost never fails.
I have a couple of laptops with SSD's in them and beat them up pretty good. So far so good. On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 9:57 PM, Adam <[email protected]> wrote: > Derek J. Balling wrote: > >> >>> What in the blazes is a SSD devise? >>> >>> Solid State Disk. >> >> Storage devices that use Flash/NVRAM/etc. as their storage media. >> Lightning fast, but also costly. >> > > What's the reliability on those? I just had a 16 GB USB flash drive fail > after 20 months of reliable light (IMO) use. > > Adam > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Oct 6 - Creating Browser Extensions for Firefox and Chrome > Nov 3 - Open Source Hardware: Bugs, Beagles and Beyond > Dec 1 - IBM's Open Client Deployment >
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