CF cards have about 10,000 writes that you can expect.
--- Charlie Wallace <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > well apart from the CF card, check out the buffalo > net station thing, > you can pretty much alter it to do anything you > want, its low > power consumption and relatively cheap also a few > places have > been selling them cheaply, compusa just did it > recently > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "kelley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2004 7:41 AM > Subject: [SOCALWUG] Hardware chooses > > > > Hello, > > > > I have a question that is kind of off topic. > > > > I am looking to build a small, silent box to run > linux on. It will be > > running Apache, PHP and Mysql. Basically I want it > for nocatsplash > > captive portal. > > > > Looking at Soekris 4801, WRAP board or a mini/nano > ITX. What would be > > the best platform to put together? Has anyone ever > tried this? How > > often can you write to a CF card before it goes? > If it just a small web > > server or captive portal, wouldn't it be fine > because most of the data > > would be cached? > > > > Kelley > > > > >
