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My understanding of flash drive wear out is that it=E2=80=99s not as bad as i=
t seems. While the write count is in the thousands, it takes a long time to g=
et there. The flash file system spreads the writes - even rewrites out to ev=
en out the writes on the media. Let=E2=80=99s say you have a number that you=
increment as a counter. Each time it is rewritten it is written in a differ=
ent place, making the drives pretty robust. Another thing, when a location e=
ventually dies, the previous data is still there, just becomes read only, so=
the data can bee retrieved.=20
Peace,
Pat
Pat Horne=20
We support Habitat for Humanity
> On Mar 14, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Jeff Scarbrough via Shop-talk <shop-talk@auto=
x.team.net> wrote:
>=20
=EF=BB=BF
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2020 at 2:45 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk <shop-talk@au=
tox.team.net> wrote:
> Why is that? At first glance, I would think that something with no=20
> moving parts would be more reliable than something with moving parts,=20
> if both are manufactured to the same standard.
Flash memory has a limited number of read-write cycles. It's usually a larg=
e number, but the process is inherently riskier than magnetic memory (or so I=
'm told).
Modern hard drives park the heads when it's not in operation, so if the driv=
e isn't spinning, it's difficult to damage the media short of a long drop or=
submersion. =20
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto">My understanding of flash drive wear out is=
that it=E2=80=99s not as bad as it seems. While the write count is in the t=
housands, it takes a long time to get there. The flash file system spreads t=
he writes - even rewrites out to even out the writes on the media. Let=E2=80=
=99s say you have a number that you increment as a counter. Each time it is r=
ewritten it is written in a different place, making the drives pretty robust=
. Another thing, when a location eventually dies, the previous data is still=
there, just becomes read only, so the data can bee retrieved. <div><br=
></div><div>Peace,</div><div>Pat<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Pat Horne <div=
>We support Habitat for Humanity</div><div><br></div></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=
<br><blockquote type=3D"cite">On Mar 14, 2020, at 1:57 PM, Jeff Scarbrough v=
ia Shop-talk <shop-talk@autox.team.net> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></d=
iv><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Ma=
r 14, 2020 at 2:45 PM Steven Trovato via Shop-talk <<a href=3D"mailto:sho=
p-talk@autox.team.net">shop-talk@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blo=
ckquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:=
1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Why is that? At first gla=
nce, I would think that something with no <br>
moving parts would be more reliable than something with moving parts, <br>
if both are manufactured to the same standard.</blockquote><div><br></div><d=
iv>Flash memory has a limited number of read-write cycles. It's usuall=
y a large number, but the process is inherently riskier than magnetic memory=
(or so I'm told).</div><div><br></div><div>Modern hard drives park the head=
s when it's not in operation, so if the drive isn't spinning, it's difficult=
to damage the media short of a long drop or submersion. </div><=
/div></div>
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