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echo: rberrypi
to: NIKOLAJ LAZIC
from: FOLDEROL
date: 2021-03-20 20:59:00
subject: Re: Maximising SD Card Li

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 20:47:39 -0000 (UTC)
Nikolaj Lazic  wrote:

>Dana Sat, 20 Mar 2021 11:42:38 +1300, Craig Dooley
 napis'o:
>> BY: Tauno Voipio(3:770/3)
>>
>>
>> TV>
>> TV> I'm just curious: What makes a Flash memory on an USB interface
>> TV> more durable than a Flash memory on a SD card?
>> TV>
>> I'm not really sure.  it's my understanding that SD cards will wear out
because
>> of read/write cycles eventually.  I've never heard that said of a USB
>> flashdrive.  But I'm not an expert on either.
>
>I've got few of USB flash drives that died. Or got read only.

I haven't got a singe failed one, and my oldest (still in use) is a massive
128M - from the days when that was the biggest you could get!

I particularly like that it has a mechanical write protect switch and slim
but tough case. I can't tell you the make - all the writing has long since worn
away!

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