Flash longevity

[Randy McLaughlin]

From: "Jay West" <jwest at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:15 PM
> It was written....
>>They'll still eventually were out, of course, but
>> it will take quite a while.
>
> ... snip ..
>>
>> If I were buying a card for a high-wear application, I'd want to buy a
>> well-known reputable brand such as Sandisk or Lexar, rather than the
>> cheapest off-brand card at Frys.
>
> Uh... no. Set up a swap partition on a lexar flash drive. You won't get 
> more than a month of use at best. I've done it. Twice.
>
> Jay

Flash drives have a large but limited number of erases.  They make great 
solid state drives but not for swap devices.  For a classic system needing a 
small number of mb of swap space RAM is the best answer.


Randy
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