Hello Dan!

11 Sep 19 15:26, Dan Clough wrote to Rick Christian:

 RC>> This is why I don't use SSD unreliable and write limited.

 DC> Your information on SSD's is quite outdated.  SSD's are *FAR* from 
 DC> unreliable and the "write limited" part is not really a factor any 
 DC> more.  Even consumer-grade SSD's have an expected lifetime that is 
 DC> measured in decades (of far heavier use than you would do).

This heavily depends on the use case. I already managed to blow away like 10% 
of several SSD's expected lifetime in a rather simple home setup within only a 
couple of months. Write amplification and aggressive caching by webbrowsers 
like Firefox and Chrome make it possible.


Regards,
Gerrit

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