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echo: rberrypi
to: KURT WEISKE
from: NOMEN NESCIO
date: 2018-05-12 03:59:00
subject: Re: Lifetime of SD cards

nospam.Kurt.Weiske@f1.n770.z8746.fidonet.org (Kurt Weiske) wrote:

> I'm considering running my BBS on a Raspberry Pi, but haven't ever run a BBS
on
> solid-state media. With 24 hour random read-write access, how long would an
SD
> card be expected to last?

munin killed the card in less than a month. A USB stick lasted about the
same. External USB disk ran for years until its controller board died.

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