Flash drive writes (was: bzr push: non-informative error message)

[David Allouche]

On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 22:38 -0500, James Blackwell wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 06:16:02AM +0200, Alexander Belchenko wrote:
> > I'm trying to use `bzr push` for pushing my files to USB Flash Stick 
> > Drive. First time I was not create on FlashDrive corresponding branch 
> > and run bzr push. Bzr prints error message that was very non-informative:
> 
> Hmmm. I was holding off for append only storage before moving back to
> a flash device. Have things changed from the bad old days with a limited
> number of writes before it goes bad? 

Limited writes is an inherent limitation of the flash technology. But it
appears that it has progressed much both in write counts (one million
writes instead of 10 thousands in the early days) and in wear levelling.

http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/home/printthis.php?id=100053

Still, flash disks are not appropriate if you require frequent
overwrites over a long period of time and high reliability.

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                                                            -- ddaa
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