On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:35:10 -0400, Warp wrote:

> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> I've read reports that flash storage devices have a limited number of
>> write cycles before they become bricks.
> 
>   No need to read "reports". Just read the specs of the flash storage
> device.

<sigh>

I had asked questions about using a journaling filesystem and it was 
told.  Yes, I could've read the specs but I didn't.  So shoot me.

Oh, wait, you just did.

>   However, modern flash storage devices (which work properly) can be
> rewritten something like 100 thousand times before they will show any
> signs of malfunction.

The number I heard was 10,000.  With a JFS, that can happen fairly 
quickly.

Jim

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