Re: Ext3 for flash drive
Stefan Monnier wrote:
>> does it apply on CF cards? The name says flash, so I would assume yes?
>> But still, I think it really reasonable to consider the life of the
>> media.
>
> Yes, same thing. BTW, regarding the life of the media: let's say the
> internal maximum write speed is 50MB/s, an expected lifetime of
> 100000-writes, and a capacity of 30GB, that gives you a "minimum time to
> write failure" of 2 years (30GB * 100000 / 50MB/s). I.e. it will take
> about 2 years of continuous write operation before the flash will fail
> because of excessive writes. As I said: I wouldn't worry about it.
>
>
> Stefan
thanks
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