Re: [Staffslug] Filesystems
On 08/04/2008, Andy Smith <andy(a)lug.org.uk> wrote:
Hi Kevan,
On Tue, Apr 08, 2008 at 01:52:11PM +0100, Kevanf1 wrote:
> Russ, Andy yes, you are absolutely correct. I wrote it incorrectly as
> read write processes. It is write processes that 'wear out' solid
> state drives. Pure read processes don't do any harm, or so I believe.
Decent quality solid state media should still last for decades even
if you write to it 24/7. I would have a journal on any writable file
system.
Cheers,
Andy
Yes, it does seem that the quality has improved. From what I'm now
reading :-) I think my knowledge was a bit stale.... but then,
nothing stands still of course :-)
Cheers.
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Kevan Farmer
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Staffordshire