| From: | Florian Weimer <fweimer(at)bfk(dot)de> |
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| To: | "James Mansion" <james(at)mansionfamily(dot)plus(dot)com> |
| Cc: | <pgsql-performance(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: compact flash disks? |
| Date: | 2007-03-07 09:34:23 |
| Message-ID: | 82abyp2y8w.fsf@mid.bfk.de |
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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.
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