RegH;293052 Wrote: > I am running FreeNAS(0.686.3) from a CF - and created the 2nd partition > on the CF to run all the SlimNAS(0.99) and SC(7.0.1). > > Seems to be working fine but is there a long-term problem with writing > to the CF?
As I understand it, flash memory used in CF cards and USB sticks, for example, have a limited number of times they can perform write operations. The limits are very high (I've heard on the order of 100k times); this is a lot of reinstalls. However, if they're being used as disks, each block write (I believe) counts, so each line written to a logfile could count. This is why many CF based installations create ramdisks; then, logfiles and other write operations can be done there without altering the CF image. Things which require permanent writing would need to be copied somewhere as part of shutdown scripts, or at least written permanently only once (like configuration changes). I'm not yet familiar enough with the "chattiness" in the form of logging of SC or FreeNAS itself. I'll learn about this soon! I'm just trying to get SC to actually startup... -- erichringewald ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erichringewald's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16912 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40159 _______________________________________________ plugins mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/plugins
