Episode 49: Flash Drives and Memory Cards
Flash storage plays an essential role in everyday IT operations, whether you're booting a device from a USB drive or storing firmware on an SD card. This episode takes you through the various types of flash drives and memory cards, including USB types, SD, microSD, and compact flash. You'll learn the differences in storage capacity, performance, and physical design, and how each is used across different systems and environments.
We also discuss reliability concerns, read/write cycles, formatting requirements, and how flash media is often used in routers, firewalls, or as portable diagnostic tools. As storage continues to evolve, knowing the capabilities and limitations of removable flash media helps you make informed decisions for both troubleshooting and deployment. These small devices often go unnoticed—until they fail or save the day.
