On 11/13/19 12:26 AM, Edward Bartolo via Dng wrote:
> Quote from Bruce Ferrel: "There are actually a couple of ways around
> the SD wear issue, even though people seem to dearly LOVE SSDs with
> the exact same issue;
>
> 1.) Use a USB drive.
>
> 2.) Somewhat more esoteric, PXE boot and run from an NFS image."
> [/Quote]
>
> You are right, people love SD Cards, not for their limitations, but
> for their great convenience. A tiny SD Card can hold gigabytes of
> files and it fits neatly in the the Raspberry Pi itself. No need of
> combersome USB external drives dangling around, and more importantly,
> no need of extra expenses. Remember, money makes a lot of sense to
> many people, and I dare say, a lot of people do not have much to
> spare.
>
> Quote from Simon Hobson:
> Ah yes, to think that many of us routinely carry around in our pockets
> more storage, RAM, and CPU capacity than we could have dreamed of
> having access to back when I got into IT. Cue obligatory Four
> Yorkshiremen sketch :D
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKHFZBUTA4k
> [/Quote]
>
> In the old days people used to die from bacterial infections often
> after a long painful illness. Today, thanks to great people working in
> medicine, we have no idea of these terrible experiences. Progress is
> nice when done properly.
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Well, I was thinking more along the lines of the "early" failure rate for SSD and not so much the convenience of a thing as small as my baby finger nail with insane amounts of
storage.  I have active and still in use rotational media from the 90's.  SSD just can't do that and flash... We don't need to go into it.  That's what started this thread.

"dangling" usb drive?  Yeah, it's a pain.  But I do have a Pi here at home with a 4TB USB drive and 10 inch hdmi monitor rigged to run off of a smallish solar panel (100w) so it
has a LOT of stuff dangling.