On Jan 11, 2008 8:51 AM, ISHWAR RATTAN <rattan@cps.cmich.edu> wrote: > Storage: how is the storage viewed? Contiguous or > block based, is it possible to have random access etc. Like any other block (ie hard drive) device. > As comparison to hard-disk scenario is the access > overhead (seek/rtotational/transfer delays) - do such > concepts apply to flash memory? Yes, but the times involved are much smaller. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca