[dba-Tech] Software on a USB Drive

True.  Can a 100GB flash drive be far off?  And at a price competitive with
a hard drive?  

Do you know anything about their reliability?  Ever hear of a flash drive
failing? And are the speeds of reading and writing comparable?  

The 8GB one I used seemed to generate a lot of heat.  I wonder if they will
degrade quickly from their own heat.

Rocky


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 7:37 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Software on a USB Drive

You really have to want a lot of data in your pocket to spend that kind of
cash, eh?
:o)

Kind of a sign of times to come though. Pretty soon we'll be using solid
state storage instead of hard "disks" for our storage needs.

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Beach Access
Software
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 12:26 AM

I see it now - $1500.  But I'll wait until next month when I can get the
$1400 rebate.

Rocky

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