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Computers & Hardware => Other Technologies & Hardware => Topic started by: Weaver on January 19, 2018, 10:20:07 AM
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I’ve just been reading something about SD cards dying in the Raspberry Pi (revk’s blog (http://www.revk.uk/2018/01/tweaking-raspberry-pi-install-image.html)). I’m surprised that this is an issue since I would have thought that people get wear-levelling cards. Perhaps they don’t do so? I don’t know how I would find one, unfortunately, I can’t seem to see sufficient detail given when products are listed.
The article linked to earlier refers to an ‘industrial’ so-called small card for sale at RS. I wonder if that is another word for wear-levelling?
My question: How can I move frequently written files to a RAM disk? I would need to find out how to crate one first. Can I then just make a link in order to con the system? (What if it deletes the link?) I imagine that I might want to not relocate/redirect an entire directory, but just one file therein. So if the idea even works what do I do, at boot, move the real file or entire directory to a different device, then make the link to the new location, to be done one time only?
I think I can create a link with ln that will affect files not yet created - is that correct?
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One thing you might consider is the Western Digital PiDrive. Have a look at
https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/meet-314gb-pidrive/
https://www.wdc.com/products/wdlabs.html
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What a great tip! Many thanks.