[arm-allstar] arm-allstar Digest, Vol 18, Issue 33

[Doug Crompton]

Ken,

 The article and the thread was about speed. I have no idea why they said that. I have recommended and used extensively as have others the San Disk Ultra. It is a good card.

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007XZL7PC/ref=twister_B008J0Z9TA?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
73 Doug
WA3DSP
http://www.crompton.com/hamradio


> From: ke2n at cs.com
> To: arm-allstar at hamvoip.org
> CC: doug at crompton.com
> Subject: RE: arm-allstar Digest, Vol 18, Issue 33
> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 13:44:34 -0500
> 
> Doug I am confused. You sent us a link to an article reviewing SD cards. 
> In the review the author says: San Disk Ultra - DO  NOT BUY.
> And then you tell us that one is the recommended one?
> 
> 73, Ken
> KE2N
> 
> Today's Topics:
> 
>    1. Re: faster SD card write (Doug Crompton)
>    2. Re: faster SD card write (Robert Newberry)
> 
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 22 Nov 2015 09:54:12 -0500
> From: Doug Crompton <doug at crompton.com>
> To: ARM Allstar <arm-allstar at hamvoip.org>
> Subject: Re: [arm-allstar] faster SD card write
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> Since there are a lot of people listening to this conversation I just want
> to point out we are talking about write speed to an SD card. That would be
> when you are initially writing the image to the card, a one time operation.
> In actual use the speed of the card has little impact as Linux and Asterisk
> Allstar are run from memory once booted and there is only occasional reads
> from the SD card and rarely writes. Writes are made to a memory tmp file
> system. With a faster card you may notice a difference in boot speed but
> again booting is a one time operation that would rarely happen in a 24/7 run
> system.
> The generally recommend card is still the 8 or 16GB SanDisk Ultra.
> 
> 73 Doug
> WA3DSP
> http://www.crompton.com/hamradio
> 
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