Interesting:
Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell
Interesting:
Best Regards, Devon T. Sowell
Devon,
This isn't as off topic as you might think. Have you ever used a memory stick for SW files? I have found the following to be true:
I think to run SW on a USB stick you would have to create an image of your system disk and load it into a ram disk to run. Otherwise how are you going to deal with the registry entries these programs need to run?
Dev> Interesting:
I'm no expert on this subject.
I have used memory sticks for small assemblies and drawings, so I haven't really noticed a latency problem. The heat gain is noticeable.
I seem to recall that XP Pro takes approx. 4GB, all the files in my desktop folder Program Files are 7.2GB. I think it would be interesting to see if the entire OS, Excel, and SolidWorks could be loaded. Then, I guess, trying to get the Host to Boot off this drive would be the next requirement. Taking this further, one could have a portable "computer" for $560.00(price of the USB stick in the article) plus software on a USB stick?
Devon
Devon,
As well as the issues Paul pointed out, there's also the issue of reliability.
Flash based devices aren't a very good choice where alot of interactive reading, writing, and overwriting, is involved. This is because flash memory has a finite limit to how many times it can be written to. In a dynamic environment, like an OS or an application like SW, areas of memory are constantly being changed, updated, etc. This could wear out a flash module rather quickly. The last time I checked, the individual transistor elements were limited to about 400K read write cycles. This sounds like a lot, and it is when dealing with file storage. But an OS or application would go through that number pretty fast.
Rrgards
Mark
Interesting. I didn't know that.
Thanks, Devon
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