{"id":12424,"date":"2015-04-20T12:24:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T11:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12424"},"modified":"2015-04-20T09:28:16","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T08:28:16","slug":"limit-sd-card-writes-on-rasberry-pi-using-ramlog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=12424","title":{"rendered":"Limit SD Card writes on Rasberry Pi using Ramlog"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vdsar.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/sdcard.jpg?resize=493%2C493\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"493\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s well-established that SD cards have a finite lifespan. This lifespan is dependent on the number of writes that you do to the card (although the number of reads is largely irrelevant).\u00a0Alexander van der Sar has blogged about using a piece of software called Ramlog. 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