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The eMMC for me is worth the price. Too many corrupt SD cards.

StudentStuff 8y ago
I'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 8y ago
  This 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 8y ago
    Indeed, 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 8y ago
      Oops, 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 8y ago
    Sounds like someone needs to build a power supply with a tiny conditioner/battery to help ensure consistent power.
burnte 8y ago
I 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 8y ago
  Same 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.

I'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 8y ago
This 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 8y ago
  Indeed, 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 8y ago
    Oops, 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 8y ago
  Sounds like someone needs to build a power supply with a tiny conditioner/battery to help ensure consistent power.

burnte 8y ago

I 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 8y ago
Same 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.