| Publisher | SanDisk | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Format | 137.7KB PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 | Date added | 01 Oct 2003 |
| Topics | Storage Management, Memory Components | ||
| Downloads | 1070 | ||
The purpose of this white paper is to help SanDisk customers understand the benefits of wear leveling and to assist customers in calculating life expectancy of SanDisk cards in specific applications. Flash memory is susceptible to wear as a result of the repeated program and erase cycles that are inherent in typical data storage applications. Applications in which this is a major concern include hard disk replacement applications where write operations occur frequently. How a storage system manages the wear of the memory is key to understanding the extended reliability of the host that relies on these storage systems.
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