[Voyage-linux] SSDs, CFs and write endurance

[Jordi Soucheiron]

I'm interested in this too. Does anybody have more info about this?

2009/4/15 Jeff Ramin <jeff.ramin at singlewire.com>:
>
> 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
>
> Thanks.
>
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