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	GeneralAntilles	2009-09-16 , 01:05
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Originally Posted by NicolasF

Hmm, I know they have advanced, but I'm still not confident about durability/reliability.

I've had swap turned on on my N800 since 2007, I haven't had any cards die. Nor have I heard of any 2GB eMMCs in the N810 dying as a result of that, either.

This issue has been beaten to death in the past, so far nobody has really managed to kill any cards.

Originally Posted by NicolasF

Considering a 10MB/s constant rewrite speed (which BTW would kill performance used as RAM), that would give about 10 years in durability if used under load 24/7. That's obviously a lot but we don't know the exact figures for the SSD used in the N900 and we don't know how efficient is the algorithm (specially if the SSD has less empty space).

It's not an SSD, it's an eMMC.

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