[PD] [OT] slightly: building audio computer with PD

[Derek Holzer]

"Flash memory, regardless of format, supports only a limited number of 
erase/write cycles before a particular "sector" can no longer be 
written. Memory specifications generally allow 10,000[1] to 1,000,000 
write cycles. Typically the controller in a CompactFlash attempts to 
prevent premature wearout of a sector by mapping the writes to various 
other sectors in the card - a process referred to as wear levelling."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlash#Description

sorry,
d.

Peter Plessas wrote:
> * Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl> [2008-01-02 21:12]:
>> The whole idea of read-only is for two reasons:
>>
>> 1) To protect the HD in case of unexpected shutdowns (which could happen 
>> nightly in a typical museum situation)
>> 2) To preserve the CF memory, which has a limited number of write 
>> cycles, in the case of a HD-less system
> 
> Are you sure on this point? I just switched from a normal 2.5" IDE drive
> in my laptop to a compact flash card using an IDE<->CF adaptor. Are you
> referring to USB memory sticks (which might inhibit the same technology)
> or to CF cards as well? 
> Now that i am so happy having a completely silent laptop, i might run
> into read/write errors soon....
> 
> rgds, PP
> 

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