In message <3djvv2pgs35uotu4pdteap3pkfu5r4emts@4ax.com> "cquirke (MVP
Windows shell/user)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org> wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Mar 2007 00:49:29 -0400, "MICHAEL" <u158627_emr2@dslr.net>
>
>>http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.aspx?i=2549
>
>>Many have cited that NTFS' journaling will increase wear on flash memory, which has a limited
>>number of write cycles before it can no longer be used, but given that that limit is generally
>>about 1,000,000 erase/write cycles, simply using NTFS is not going to make a huge dent in the
>>life span of these drives. You will more than likely upgrade to a larger drive by the time you
>>hit that limit.
>
>I'm far more concerned about this in the context of hybrid hard
>drives, where flash memory is built into the hard drive.
>
>When this embedded flash dies, so does the HD... and we'll only know
>whether that's a problem when it's several years too late.
First off, there is no guarantee that the flash component cannot be
disabled or bypassed.
Second, buying a new hard drive isn't exactly a big deal, nor is
restoring from a recent backup, vs all the other things that can go
wrong.
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Originally Posted by DevilsPGD
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