• mudeth@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    SD cards don’t perform wear leveling while ssds do. This is why there are specific SD cards meant for surveillance cameras. They have additional wear levelling circuitry at the expense of speed.

    So photographers who fill up their sd cards end up writing over the same spots repeatedly and wear them out.

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      7 months ago

      No shit? Well today I learned. That’s definitely going to reduce lifespan. I guess that means you should try to fill your card as much as possible before formatting it.