From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 10 01:32:18 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E83F516A408 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:32:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [67.158.26.137]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE9913C4C6 for ; Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:32:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id l2A1WGwn027741; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:32:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id l2A1WGoL027738; Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:32:16 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:32:16 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: =?ISO-8859-2?Q?Nejc_=A9koberne?= In-Reply-To: <45F1C2FC.4080201@skoberne.net> Message-ID: <20070309182513.V27680@wonkity.com> References: <45F1BF10.7040109@skoberne.net> <45F1C2FC.4080201@skoberne.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="0-189327284-1173490336=:27680" X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (wonkity.com [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 09 Mar 2007 18:32:16 -0700 (MST) Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: FreeBSD on IDE Flash disk drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:32:19 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --0-189327284-1173490336=:27680 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=ISO-8859-2; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Nejc =A9koberne wrote: > Sorry for replying my own post, but now I fould out that this actually > means how many times can I insert/remove the module into/from the > motherboard. Actually the number I am interested in is much higher: > "2,000,000 Program/Erase cycles". However I have no idea how to measure > how many writes are performed during a normal operation of a FreeBSD > server running DHCP and pf firewall. m0n0wall gets around this by running out of RAM after booting from=20 flash (or CD, or hard disk): http://m0n0.ch/wall/ pfSense is a variation of m0n0wall that uses pf for the firewall: http://www.pfsense.org Both of these provide DHCP and firewalls. m0n0wall uses IPFW, while=20 pfSense uses pf. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA --0-189327284-1173490336=:27680--