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Wow, they're down to $50 now? I remember seeing these and thinking they looked cool, but hard to justify at (iirc) $80. The ODroid-C2 is also mentioned; those
by leggomylibro 9y ago
Wow, they're down to $50 now? I remember seeing these and thinking they looked cool, but hard to justify at (iirc) $80.
The ODroid-C2 is also mentioned; those look nice. That company also sells raw EMMC modules as an alternative option to microSD cards, which seems like it could be useful. Does anyone know if those EMMC modules are less likely to spuriously corrupt themselves? I haven't run them for any length of time, but it looks like an ODroid with EMMC would be on a similar price point.
- codetrotter 9y agoI own an ODROID-XU3. Haven’t used it for a while now but back when I did — including using it as desktop computer for several months — I did not have any data corruption issues with the eMMC module. Meanwhile with Raspberry Pi I’ve had several instances of data corruption with different SD cards.
- epalmer 9y agoThe eMMC for me is worth the price. Too many corrupt SD cards.
- StudentStuff 9y agoI've only ever had corruption issues on Raspi's, versus with the OrangePi's we have in production at customers sites, I have yet to see any mSD card issues. We do screen our Evo+ mSD cards pretty aggressively for issues though! One nice thing about Allwinner based SBCs is the strong development community that mainlines support for their chips in short order. Few other chip vendors have mainline support, which makes their boards abandonware in short order.
- geerlingguy 9y agoThis is a common theme in these SBC threads, but I've also had a pretty good experience with microSD cards in the Pi—one time I had corruption after unplugging the Pi. Two things that are immensely helpful if you want a stable experience with the Pi: 1. A good power supply. 2. A good microSD card. Most cheap power supplies (like those you get free with a phone) don't supply 2A or more consistently, which the newer Pis need to run stable. And as far as microSD cards go, [I wrote an article on that last week](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/raspberry-pi-microsd-card-performance-comparison-2018); https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/raspberry-pi-microsd-... there's a huge gulf between the best and worst cards, even from name-brand manufacturers.
- flyinghamster 9y agoIndeed, I've had nothing but good experiences with Samsung EVO and SanDisk Ultra cards. BTW, your link seems to end up on your front page, rather than the card comparison article.
- geerlingguy 9y agoOops, it gets cut off if I paste the whole thing. Here’s a [text link](https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/raspberry-pi-microsd-card-performance-comparison-2018 https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2018/raspberry-pi-microsd-...) instead.
- lunchables 9y agoSounds like someone needs to build a power supply with a tiny conditioner/battery to help ensure consistent power.
- burnte 9y agoI can't imagine how I'm so lucky. I've used RPis since the very first version and in all these years, dozens of PIs and thousands of hours, I've never had a single corrupt SD card.
- antongribok 9y agoSame here. I've used pretty much every version, and have quite a few running 24/7 around my house for multiple years. Not a single issue with storage.
- saythebaby 9y agoany interest in selling your XU3? I'd be happy to take it off your hands
- khedoros1 9y agoThe Tinkerboard was introduced about a year ago for $60.