Who needs an SL-C3000? 2GB SD!!

[kopsis]

Solid state cards are more durable than their microdrive cousins, but the microdrives can handle much more abuse than a traditional hard drive (due primarily to the very low mass of the components).

Dropping an operating device with a microdrive is a valid concern and could potentially damage the drive. However just moving a device (even abruptly) with an operating microdrive will not result in any damage or loss of data (unless you move the device by hitting it with a large hammer  ). Current microdrives are rated for operating shock of 200G  (equivalent to about a 30cm [1 ft]) drop onto a hard surface. When the drive is not actively reading or writing, it spins down and parks - at which point shock tolerance goes up to 2000G (a 3m [10 ft] drop) ... about the same as Sandisk's shock rating for their solid state CF cards.

It is important to keep in mind that *any* storage card in a PDA can suffer catastrophic failure (I have a small box of dead solid-state CF cards so I can say with some confidence that they're not indestructable) and should be backed up on a regular basis!

[adf]

The benchmarks for sd speed on oz 3.5.1 seem higher.  Anyway, I haven't had any trouble playing video from my sd on either sharp or oz on my 5600 (pxa250). My el cheapo 2.2 gig microdrive is another story entirely.....

ADF

[systemparadox]

kopsis, do you still have a binary for the benchmark program? If so, could you send me a copy please? I would like to run some tests of my own to compare sd and high speed sd, and to see if there is any difference if I put the sd card in a cf sd adapter.
If you don't have it could you tell me where and how to get it on my Z please?
What Zaurus did you use to do the tests?
I would like to try and keep my tests as close as possible to yours, so that they can be at least slightly comparable.

Thanks
Simon

[kopsis]

I think this post will give you most of what you're looking for. Searching the forums for "bonnie" will yield you a reasonably concise list of threads where these benchmarks have been discussed.