The best OS to deal with Flash Cards

[Francois Ouellette]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vetterli" <jvetterli-zC6tqtfhjqE at public.gmane.org>
To: <tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org>
Sent: Monday, 29 August, 2005 14:23
Subject: Re: [TLUG]: The best OS to deal with Flash Cards


> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005, Francois Ouellette wrote:
> > Flash cards have a maximum number of times they can be written to. As
simple
> > as this!
> > I remember seeing specs talking of about 1000 as a maximum, but this can
> > vary between brands.
>
> I think lifetimes are on the order of millions of writes.  I tried going
> to Sandisk's website to check, but they don't seem to have the information
> in an easy-to-find location.

Typo... I meant to say 10000 (ten thousands) but I think this has improved
since.

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>



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