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>It sounds easy but it's not: before you write, you don't know if the write will succeed. Once you've written, exactly the information that gives the pointers t
by jsprogrammer 12y ago
>It sounds easy but it's not: before you write, you don't know if the write will succeed. Once you've written, exactly the information that gives the pointers to the valid data could be the one that is destroyed.
How is that different from any other write the drive had experienced though?
- DrJosiah 12y agoEvery single other previous write had a way of retrying by way of spare flash cells. That last write is fundamentally different, because there are none left.
- jsprogrammer 12y agoSo you keep some in reserve and go read-only when only x remain. Why auto-brick on next power cycle?