SD/MMC cards, a year later

[Benjamin M. Schwartz]

On 08/18/2010 11:24 PM, John Watlington wrote:
> Nonetheless, we are going to try testing it with UbiFS and
> considering whether any durability improvement justify the
> increased price (now up to 2x) and built-in obsolescence of
> using raw NAND chips.

If it hits 2x in price, I guess you might be able to start benchmarking
against RAID-1 of two MicroSD cards.  RAID-1 gets you reliability,
repairability, and a 2x boost in read bandwidth.  I suppose that's only a
consideration if the Armada can support 2 (or 3!) SD controllers.

--Ben

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