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Date:      Mon, 29 May 2006 22:03:40 -0700
From:      "marty fouts" <mf.danger@gmail.com>
To:        "Jim Thompson" <jim@netgate.com>
Cc:        Alexander Leidinger <Alexander@leidinger.net>, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk>, small@freebsd.org, Andrew Atrens <atrens@nortel.com>
Subject:   Re: FreeBSD's embedded agenda
Message-ID:  <9f7850090605292203k68fb8ff3k35601fd720efa6@mail.gmail.com>
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On 5/29/06, Jim Thompson <jim@netgate.com> wrote:
>
> On May 29, 2006, at 7:49 AM, marty fouts wrote:

> > Two reasons: First, NAND devices have a complicated wear behavior. The
> > more frequently you hit the same block, the lower the life expectancy
> > of the block.
>
> Uh... 'hit' is 'write', correct?

Um, yes.  sorry for the slang.

> and I don't think its got anything to do with frequency, but hey,
> I've been wrong before, feel free to correct me.

The literature says you're right.  Measurements made on test parts
suggests you're wrong.



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