Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 23:13:24 -0800 (PST) From: UFS User <ufs.user@yahoo.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Why do I feel like compact flash is more reliable than SSD ? Message-ID: <1325229204.34713.YahooMailNeo@web140405.mail.bf1.yahoo.com>
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I have run a lot of different FreeBSD systems off (fileservers, firewalls, = routers, etc.) off of compact flash cards[1] and have never had a CF part f= ail.=0A=0AMost of these were read-only mode, but some of them were left mou= nted 'rw' for years (with no swapping, of course). =A0The bottom line is, t= hey never=0Afailed, and some were (and are) in the field for over 8 years n= ow.=0A=0ABut everyone I know (including me) has had an SSD fail, usually wi= th no explanation.=0A=0ASo is this just chance, or ... are CF cards really = a lot more reliable than SSD ?=0A=0AIt's sloppy, but I never once considere= d mirroring my CF boot devices, and now in 2011 I am actually buying two *d= ifferent* SSDs to put into a boot mirror=0Abecause I am afraid of mirroring= identical ones and they both die at identical times.=0A=0AComments ? =A0= =0A=0A=0A=0A[1] Plain old store-bough Sandisk parts - so a good brand, but = nothing special
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