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current compactflash lifetime?

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eli3k

eli3k

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I'm just wondering if CompactFlash drives currently being produced now are still subject to the limited number of write cycles (~100,000 I think) or has that been fixed. I run a little bit of BitTorrent and it's probably reducing the hard drive's lifespan (constant accesses). It does have a 5-year warranty on it, so I don't know if I can go with that if it fails quickly. I'm basically going to be using it as a sort of small make-shift hard drive.

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- Eli
 
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If you trust the 5 year guarantee - why worry?
 
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Flash memory devices currently being produced are reported to with stand one million writes.

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