From: Randy 

Phil Payne wrote:
>>> One gigabyte of permanent flash memory now costs less than a good lunch.
>> Space qualified memory costs somewhat more than that...
>
> But it no longer needs to.  RAID technology can be applied - fly six flash
> cards in a 5 +1 redundant RAID configuration.  Including controller, weighs
> less than an ounce.
>
> Next year, even less.
>
>
And the size even gets smaller with things like 8GB MicroSD's.

Many years ago it used to be the old saw: "never underestimaate the
bandwidth of a station wagon filled with mag tape"-now it's
"never underestimate the bandwith of an A380 filled with 8GB
MicroSD's."

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