Fast, low-CPU, non-moving storage?

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Hello all,

We are looking for a storage solution on CE5. We need something that isn't moving (not a hard disk!), that is fairly fast (at least 1MB/sec write, and faster reads) and doesn't use much CPU.

Our CPU would probably be an ARM9 around 300MHz.

Previously we tried with NAND Flash drivers on an iMXL @ 72MHz, but the wear management and garbage collection used too much (all!) CPU for our data rates.

I understand that cards with external interfaces such as SD or IDE will have hardware-accelerated wear management (etc) built in. Is that correct?

I'm considering SD card, but from what I can see people have trouble getting much performance out of SD.

Also considering IDE with IDE flash modules.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Aaron
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