From: Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
To: James Mansion <james@mansionfamily.plus.com>
Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: compact flash disks?
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 10:34:23 +0100
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* James Mansion:
> If I were to use a filesystem with noatime etc and little non-sql traffic,
> does the physical update pattern tend to have hot sectors that will tend to
> wear out CF?
Thanks to the FAT file system and its update pattern, most (if not
all) CF disks implement wear leveling nowadays. I wouldn't worry
about the issue, unless your write rates are pretty high.
--
Florian Weimer <fweimer@bfk.de>
BFK edv-consulting GmbH http://www.bfk.de/
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