Embedded Proxy Question
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I am currently running v1.1 (embedded) on a cf card. I now need to setup a proxy but obviously there is the read / write issue. Has anyone had any experience enabling the read / write to the cf card or will it burn the card out? Thanks.
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the card will die after about 10000 ~ 1000000 write cycles.
–> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CompactFlashan alternative is to buy a Microdrive (harddisk in CF format) and install a fullversion.
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It will, eventually, die. How long it takes will depend on the particular card and how heavily the proxy is hit. One way to increase the life is to disable all logging and caching. I do remember reading that a developer had a full install going on a CF for some time (over a year ISTR) without problems, so it's possible. Keep in mind to that at 1M write cycles it will take you almost 2 years at one write per sector per minute to reach it's lifespan.
However, as GruensFroeschli said, using a Microdrive (just read the forum posts on which brands to avoid/use) is a better bet.
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Thanks will do.
