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freakdiablo
08-24-07, 04:32 PM
I found a 1gb flash drive cheap, so I thought I would give this Vista ready boost thing a shot. I dedicated the vista recommended amount to readyboost (880mb) and I know that flash drives have a limited number of read/writes, so how long can it sustain this? Days? Weeks? Months?
EmAn
08-24-07, 04:50 PM
i would tell you but vista says my flash drive doesn't meet the requirements
Hazaro
08-24-07, 05:59 PM
Woah woah, this is news to me...

Flash drives have a lmited number or read writes?!

This is only an issue with Readyboost because it R/W so many times, unlike normal file trasfers correct?
EmAn
08-24-07, 06:08 PM
i think it is a known thing with flash drives that you can only use it so long with read/writes as they will fail after so many uses

(data corruption, loses format, and other issues)

/off topic Hazaro your getting ready to pass me in post counts/
conway
08-24-07, 06:08 PM
Woah woah, this is news to me...

Flash drives have a lmited number or read writes?!

This is only an issue with Readyboost because it R/W so many times, unlike normal file trasfers correct?

It's for any write operation. Read operations are not affected.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Endurance
Hazaro
08-24-07, 06:23 PM
I'm enjoying my 7 stars ;)

Well only write is better, and a number like 100,000 is nice to have know.

I'll look into it a bit more once I come back from the library.
ShadowPho
08-24-07, 06:45 PM
*shrugs* 1GB flash drives are $10 a piece.
freakdiablo
08-25-07, 09:16 AM
*shrugs* 1GB flash drives are $10 a piece.

Ya, but they are a bit more here (roughly the equivalent of $30) and I found this one for about $15. But under normal 24/7 use (Im not using it for 24/7, but Ill work out the math on my own) whats a rough estimate of time?
David_N
08-25-07, 10:47 AM
Readyboost devices are used as a cache of normal page files. The way Microsoft implemented the software in a way that will not decrease their lifespan. An article I read, written by the creator of Readyboost, said that a typical flash drive will last up to 10 years in a Readyboost environment, and that the drives experience no decrease in lifespan.

I'm not sure if there are any positive effects to the technology, but never the less, I have my 4gb drive readyboosting right now.
freakdiablo
08-25-07, 10:56 AM
Readyboost devices are used as a cache of normal page files. The way Microsoft implemented the software in a way that will not decrease their lifespan. An article I read, written by the creator of Readyboost, said that a typical flash drive will last up to 10 years in a Readyboost environment, and that the drives experience no decrease in lifespan.

I'm not sure if there are any positive effects to the technology, but never the less, I have my 4gb drive readyboosting right now.

I kind of suspected thats what readyboost was (use it for pagefiles so they could take advantage of the faster access times) but I was just wondering since when I plugged in the drive and enabled readyboost, the light was blinking fast at first (I guess when it trasnfered the files) then it was blinking once or twice a second, so I was worried for the life expectency.
David_N
08-25-07, 11:37 AM
Readyboost devices are used as a cache of normal page files. The way Microsoft implemented the software in a way that will not decrease their lifespan. An article I read, written by the creator of Readyboost, said that a typical flash drive will last up to 10 years in a Readyboost environment, and that the drives experience no decrease in lifespan.

I'm not sure if there are any positive effects to the technology, but never the less, I have my 4gb drive readyboosting right now.

Check the bold, there's what I've learned about lifespan.

On another note, Readyboost with my Apacer Steno was causing a few problems when trying to install programs. I think the drive is a little sketchy, but it has been acting up even before I was using it for Readyboost...
freakdiablo
08-25-07, 01:15 PM
Check the bold, there's what I've learned about lifespan.

On another note, Readyboost with my Apacer Steno was causing a few problems when trying to install programs. I think the drive is a little sketchy, but it has been acting up even before I was using it for Readyboost...

Oh, sorry about the first part.