On Thu, April 16, 2009 12:52, Rodolfo Gouveia wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:10:19PM -0300, Nenhum_de_Nos wrote: >> I have a t5xxx also and want to do the same, but if I use usb flash >> (tried >> and worked fine), how to limit at max disk writes ? so the flash can >> live >> longer ... > > From section 14.17.2 of the FAQ: > > "Write fatigue": Much has been written about the finite number of times an > individual flash cell can be rewritten before failure. Practically > speaking, > however, there are many ways a flash device can fail, write fatigue is > just > one of them. Modern flash devices will verify writes, and in the event of > failure, will automatically remap the failed sectors with one of the many > spare sectors. Most users with most flash devices will not have to worry > about "write fatigue". You would probably experience more down time due to > failure of "clever" tricks done to avoid writing to the flash drive than > you will by just using the drives as read-write media.
that I was known, I just want to be sure it won't die out of a sudden. thanks anyway. and marco, yep I know they're cheap, my issue is not knowing the rate its write count is going so not be get by surprise. bob, sorry, I can't help you there. thanks, matheus -- We will call you cygnus, The God of balance you shall be
