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Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2020-03-17, Andrea Conti <alyf@××××.net> wrote: |
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>> "NAND flash" (as opposed to "NOR flash") refers to the way memory cells |
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>> are organized and connected. See for example |
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>> https://www.embedded.com/flash-101-nand-flash-vs-nor-flash/ |
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>> AFAIK all SSDs use some variant of NAND flash. |
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> Correct. NOR flash density is far lower than NAND flash. NOR is only |
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> used for small applications (e.g. BIOS, small embedded systems). |
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> Anytime you see sizes quoted in 'Gb' rather than 'Mb', you're |
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> certainly talking about NAND. |
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> -- |
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> Grant |
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Thanks for the additional info. As I figured, they got most of the |
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kinks worked out by now and we got some dependable SSDs to buy. |
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I found a 240GB for a little over $42.00 USA. Not bad at all. For |
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those curious: |
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Sandisk SDSSDA240GG26 |
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Should last me a good long while. It's the /home that keeps growing. o_O |
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Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% |
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Mounted on |
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/dev/mapper/Home2-Home2 8.1T 5.4T 2.7T 68% /home |
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Dale |
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:-) :-) |
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