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  1. Techdisk Techdisk

    I have a Raspberry Pi. It needs a new SD card.

    Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:00:15 UTC from web
    1. Pony Pony

      @techdisk @ceruleanspark How often do Pis go through an SD card? Won't a larger card let it run longer before replacement?

      Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:13:04 UTC from web
      1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

        @pony If you're not overworking the Pi, the card will be fine. My bitcoin-miner-Pi has been operating continuously for like 3 months straight without issue, but its CPU usage rarely passes the 50% mark.

        Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:14:53 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @ceruleanspark I'm curious whether I'd need to mess with it more than once every couple years if I used it as a media center controller.

          Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:21:18 UTC from web
          1. Cerulean Spark Cerulean Spark

            @pony That's a really common use case (So much so that you can buy preinstalled SD cards with XBMC on them for that express purpose) so I imagine it's pretty optimized and won't present a problem for you

            Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:23:01 UTC from web
            1. Pony Pony

              @ceruleanspark That's encouraging. My dream remains un-crushed.

              Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:24:37 UTC from web
          2. Techdisk Techdisk

            @pony if you put RaspBMC on it and only play movies off of USB drives, it should last a very long while.

            Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:23:53 UTC from web
            1. Pony Pony

              @techdisk oh Sweet!

              Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:25:02 UTC from web
              1. Techdisk Techdisk

                @pony the best part is even if the SD card catastrophically fails, all you need to do is take it out, install your choice of OS onto a new card, and your back up and running. The Pi itself is basically impossible to break if your just playing with the software.

                Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:27:52 UTC from web
                1. Techdisk Techdisk

                  @techdisk There's even a way to make an exact clone of an SD card you already set up with your own settings and copy it onto new cards.

                  Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:30:46 UTC from web
                2. Pony Pony

                  @techdisk I'm all for durability.

                  Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:31:49 UTC from web
          3. Techdisk Techdisk

            @pony Basically, the less you write new files to the SD card, the longer it lasts.

            Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:24:55 UTC from web
            1. Pony Pony

              @techdisk Yeah. I've heard the cells will wear out like a battery being charged and recharged.

              Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:30:48 UTC from web
              1. Techdisk Techdisk

                @pony more or less. Its probably what happened to my card.

                Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:32:10 UTC from web
      2. Techdisk Techdisk

        @pony i think mine was an outlier. I was rewriting it almost daily.

        Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:15:04 UTC from web
        1. Pony Pony

          @techdisk oh I see. That's not so fun.

          Wednesday, 05-Mar-14 23:21:49 UTC from web