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From: "J.R. Mauro" <jrm8005@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] just an idea (Splashtop like)
Date: Sat,  1 Aug 2009 15:10:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <3aaafc130908011210u62ed019ev5a91bf668e8fe9d3@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <13426df10908010849g8bf24a9nbde0b817b7b3e65e@mail.gmail.com>

On Sat, Aug 1, 2009 at 11:49 AM, ron minnich<rminnich@gmail.com> wrote:
> btw the sata FLASH parts are surprisingly fast. Not at all like USB
> sticks, if that is what you are used to.
> ron
>
>

Ron, have you researched any long-term wear studies on these flash
drives? I've heard a lot of good things,
but I'm really put off by terms like "wear levelling", filesystems
optimized to work around flash's delicateness,
etc.

I'm really interested in any numbers anyone has.



  reply	other threads:[~2009-08-01 19:10 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-31 17:50 David Leimbach
2009-08-01  1:56 ` J.R. Mauro
2009-08-01  3:12   ` ron minnich
2009-08-01 11:58     ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-01 14:51       ` tlaronde
2009-08-01 14:57         ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-01 15:49         ` ron minnich
2009-08-01 19:10           ` J.R. Mauro [this message]
2009-08-02 18:17             ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-02 19:23               ` Anthony Sorace
2009-08-02 22:16                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03  0:23                   ` Devon H. O'Dell
2009-08-03  0:37                     ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03  2:09               ` John DeGood
2009-08-03  4:38                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-03 13:54                   ` John DeGood
2009-08-08  4:46               ` Dave Eckhardt
2009-08-08 11:37                 ` erik quanstrom
2009-08-02  2:55   ` John DeGood
2009-08-02  3:16     ` J.R. Mauro

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