[j-nsp] High failure rates for M7i/M10i hard disks?

sthaug at nethelp.no sthaug at nethelp.no
Sat Aug 20 12:57:05 EDT 2005


> why use movable parts, other than fans, in your routers?

That is indeed a good question. I believe flash memory only supports
a limited number of read/write cycles, which could be a problem for
log files etc. I've seen 100.000 read/write cycles quoted several
times - that would be slightly less than 3 years at 100 log writes
per day.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug at nethelp.no


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