Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 3 Feb 2003 09:39:11 +0100 | From | Jörn Engel <> | Subject | Re: Compactflash cards dying? |
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On Sun, 2 February 2003 21:04:23 -0500, Martin K. Petersen wrote: > >>>>> "Daniel" == Daniel Egger <degger@fhm.edu> writes: > > Daniel> CF has limited write cycles. A few hundred if you're lucky. > > However, I have yet to see a CF card which didn't survive beyond a > million writes. > > Note that CF cards do transparent wear averaging inside. So it's > obviously not a million writes to the same physical spot. Also, most > vendors claim they have spare blocks for relocating areas that are > completely worn out.
This apears to be the same statement, except that Daniel forgot to add "per block".
Jörn
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