| From: | Philip Hallstrom <philip(at)adhesivemedia(dot)com> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>, <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: postgres on a PDA |
| Date: | 2003-01-15 17:32:47 |
| Message-ID: | 20030115093158.W29395-100000@cypress.adhesivemedia.com |
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> "Dan Langille" <dan(at)langille(dot)org> writes:
> > On 14 Jan 2003 at 23:43, Tom Lane wrote:
> >> But I fear the real problem is going to be that FLASH memory has a
> >> limited lifetime (measured in write cycles).
>
> > What, roughly, is the limit?
>
> I am probably a decade out of date on this, but when I last paid
> attention I think it was on the order of magnitude of 10000 write
> cycles --- which Postgres could blow through in no time. I hope
> it's better now, but I dunno by how much. Anyone have more
> up-to-date info?
We just bought a compact flash from viking and I believe it was 100,000.
It might have been 1mil, but now I don't remember. I'll ask my co-worker
when he gets in and if it's different let you know.
seems like it would still go through it pretty fast though.
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