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=Nand Flash based File-Systems – Usage guidelines =

'''Follow the below guideline to ensure a reliable long-life file-system.''' 
== Nand flash and file-systems==
<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Variscite uses SLC (Single-Level-Cell) NAND flash in its System-On-Modules, which is the preferred NAND flash technology in aspects of reliability. However, there is a limitation that flash memory has a finite number of erase-write cycles. SLC flash products are guaranteed to withstand around 100,000 write-erase-cycles (per block), before the wear begins to deteriorate the integrity of the storage. </font></span> 

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><u>Every change (of even 1-bit in a file), will cause a re-write of the whole file to the&nbsp;flash, causing a number of blocks to be re-written.</u></font></span> 

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"><u></u>NAND devices also require bad block management by the device driver software, or by a separate controller chip. Windows CE / Linux have wear-leveling algorithms to ensure data integrity even in the case of a bad block appearing (Normal) in the Nand flash.</font></span> 

<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">However, to ensure a long-life reliable file system,''' '''<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Where possible, try and keep the number of write cycles to the minimum!</font></span></span></font></span> 

<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2"></font></span></span> 

#<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Keep on-going updating files (log files, data-bases…etc) managed at a RAM-based Folder (MyDocuments for example). </font></span> 
#<span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt;"><font size="2">Backup these updated files to the flash ( “Flash storage” or “mounted volume”, depending on platform) every certain amount of time. The longer the better.</font></span>

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