Optimizations for Cheap Flash Media - ELCE 2011

Optimizations for Cheap Flash Media

Mass storage in embedded systems typically means NAND flash in the form of eMMC, SDHC or similar technologies. Unlike server-class SSDs, these have few optimizations that help reduce write-amplification. This presentation explains the typical shortcomings in this design and how system builders and software developers together can avoid them, in order to get longer life and better performance out of low-end media.

Video source: http://free-electrons.com/blog/elce-2011-videos/

http://www.cnx-software.com/2011/11/08/optimizations-for-cheap-flash-media-elce-2011/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DilhvJy6Fc