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SD/MMC cards, a year later (2010)

John Watlington wad at laptop.org Wed Aug 18 23:24:06 EDT 2010 Our experiment with SD/MMC cards as main storage continues. One frustration has been the rate of change in the SD industry.

John Watlington wad at laptop.org Wed Aug 18 23:24:06 EDT 2010 Our experiment with SD/MMC cards as main storage continues. A batch of 2GB class 2 microSD cards obtained a year ago from a particular manufacturer averaged around 10 TB written before failing, with few transient errors. Nonetheless, we are going to try testing it with UbiFS and considering whether any durability improvement justify the increased price (now up to 2x) and built-in obsolescence of using raw NAND chips.

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