Would it be possible to play the game off a USB Flash Drive?

[indira]

flash drive life would ware out pertty fast from this game, unless your using a SSD

[Soukyuu]

flash drive life would ware out pertty fast from this game, unless your using a SSD

Again,

The only time the flash drive is getting worn out is when you write something onto it - reading does not wear it out, just like SSDs.

The only difference between a flash drive and a SSD is the speed and size of flash memory chips. Flash memory is flash memory.

[Coldfire]

The only difference between a flash drive and a SSD is the speed and size of flash memory chips. Flash memory is flash memory.

That's not correct. There are different types of flash memory. Some are fast, some survive lots of read/write cycles and some are cheap.

[Soukyuu]

That's not correct. There are different types of flash memory. Some are fast, some survive lots of read/write cycles and some are cheap.

It's still the write cycles that wear out the chips, not the read cycles. Files becoming unreadable over time is because the cells need refreshes from time to time, which equals writing, which wears out the chip. And I did say the speeds differ.

AFAIK most flash drives are SLC, just like cheaper SSDs, while better ones are MLC (might be wrong on this one though)

[Coldfire]

It's still the write cycles that wear out the chips, not the read cycles.

Ever heard of "read disturb"? <.<
Doesn't directly wear out the chips but the data can be broken. There's a pretty high chance FFXIV would cause this to happen on a flash drive.

[Soukyuu]

Ever heard of "read disturb"? <.<

No, I did not. Do you have a good link on it?

[Coldfire]

No, I did not. Do you have a good link on it?

You could have just googled it ~.~

Here's a quote from a technical note:
"Read Disturb: A read disturb error occurs when one or more bits are changed during a
READ operation. Read disturb errors occur within the block being read, but on a page or
pages other than the page being read. Performing a high number (hundreds of thou-sands or millions) of READ operations on individual pages before an ERASE command
for the block containing those pa ges can exacerbate this error."