[Voyage-linux] SSDs, CFs and write endurance

[Gustin Johnson]

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Jeff Ramin wrote:
> 
> Is there any difference in the underlying physical medium between
> a solid state disk and a compact flash card? If not, why is it "bad"
> to mount CFs as read-write, when that's how SSDs are used day in
> and day out?
> 
> I'm seriously considering using the CF on an ALIX board as a
> standard read-write disk. I've read many articles and posts that this
> is a bad idea, but with the latest CF cards out today, is that still
> true?
> 
> Here's an article on the subject. Comments?
> 
> http://www.storagesearch.com/ssdmyths-endurance.html
> 
This article is only talking about SSD drives, you need a lot more
background info.  To be honest I am getting confused and storage is
something I use track pretty closely.

Here is a more interesting article that deals *solely* with SSDs:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531
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