Flash drives being used in bigger devices
I've seen some articles popping up on this topic. This is from USA Today, so the PR is catching. Here's a blurb from a CEA newsletter that sounds like a flash manufacturer's press release ...
Flash drives transition into larger electronics
Durable and consumer-friendly flash drives are making the transition from smaller devices, such as cameras and cell phones, into larger electronics. Sony's new Vaio UX Premium and two Samsung laptops replace fragile hard drives with the more stable and energy-efficient flash offerings.
Flash is fragile, so they oughta watch with the throwing of the stones. Flash is fragile in a different way. It wears out due to write cycles. Given the way OS's like to fuck with files all the time, using flash with a general purpose OS is something to watch out for. Having a RAM disk absorb the thrashing and then writing to the flash on a much, much, much less frequent basis may result in a reliable disc-less system. Just popping in flash to replace the hard drive and hoping for the best is not so good.
By the way, when did you last do a backup?
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I've seen some articles popping up on this topic. This is from USA Today, so the PR is catching. Here's a blurb from a CEA newsletter that sounds like a flash manufacturer's press release ...
Flash is fragile, so they oughta watch with the throwing of the stones. Flash is fragile in a different way. It wears out due to write cycles. Given the way OS's like to fuck with files all the time, using flash with a general purpose OS is something to watch out for. Having a RAM disk absorb the thrashing and then writing to the flash on a much, much, much less frequent basis may result in a reliable disc-less system. Just popping in flash to replace the hard drive and hoping for the best is not so good.
By the way, when did you last do a backup?
- mark 3-20-2007 11:35 pm