linux-kernel - Re: ext2 on flash memory

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:07:47 +0200
From:	DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net>
To:	Jan Knutar <jk-lkml@....fi>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Juergen Beisert <juergen127@...uzholzen.de>
Subject: Re: ext2 on flash memory

    Hi Jan :)

 * Jan Knutar <jk-lkml@....fi> dixit:
> On Wednesday 13 June 2007 16:48, DervishD wrote:
> > But anyway the memory should last long. Even cheap flash memories
> > with poor wear leveling (if any at all) usually long last. Given
> > that I won't be writing continuously, wear shouldn't be a problem.
> > I'm going to use this as a backup copy of my home. Of course, I can
> > use a tarball too...
> 
> I did a test on my kingston datatraveler recently, I didn't expect it
> to survive, but it did.

    Aaaaagh! Never do such tests again, or at least don't tell me XD

> Considering it surived ReiserFS, I suspect it would last ages with
> ext2, especially for your backup purposes.

    I don't really know the number of writes that a flash memory allows
nowadays, but probably they're 10000 even in cheap ones, and with proper
wear leveling that should mean a looooot of time.

    Thanks for the test, really O:))

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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