This is the best (recent) article I've seen on Flash issues - http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=3531
Ron, I'd be *REAL* interested to see any test results on "Enterprise Flashdrives" - especially if you can fill a drive and see the same degradation. Anyone else having access to test environments, step forward as well ;) Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html