> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wayne Fiori [mailto:dev9null at gmail dot com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 5 December 2006 11:08 AM
> 
> On 12/4/06, Simon Buob <simon dot buob at lan dot ch> wrote:
> > interesting Statement.
> > Is this a personally experience or are there some 
> > serious Sources? back to the question. Somte weeks 
> > ago there was a post regarding this.
> > Searching the archive would give you an answer soon.
> >
> > Simon
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wayne Fiori [mailto:dev9null at gmail dot com]
> > Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:46 PM
> >
> > On 12/4/06, Kulvir Bhogal <bickybhogal at yahoo dot com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I am running m0n0wall using a CD-Rom+Floppy.
> > > I am curious to know if rather than a floppy I 
> > > can use a USB stick as I know the floppy might 
> > > eventually die on me.
> > >
> > FWIW, Floppy disks and USB 'sticks' have approximately 
> > the same number of write events before failure.
> 
> Search on MTBF for the media either floppy or solid state and it
> should be approximately one million writes. Of course other factors
> may shorten the life of the flexible floppy disk media, but this is
> the rule-of-thumb for typical manufacture specs.
> --
> =Wayne

Hi Wayne,

That's one million (or whatever for that device) write cycles PER BLOCK.
A floppy, generally, fails well before any Flash media will fail.  The
algorithms in the Flash devices also ensure that data is written across
the entire unit before overwriting any particular area, enhancing the
life expectancy of the units.

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