On 02/12/2017 02:40 PM, Alan Grimes wrote:
> So does anyone have any evidence of a current generation SSD lasting
> more than 20 days?
> 

I have tried various SSDs (multiple brands and generations) over the
last maybe five years and found that they're very unreliable (multiple
brands too.)

I know everyone's saying these things are reliable but out of four SSDs
I own, I've had to replace three, some more than once.

I just don't use them for anything I want to stay working. Right now I
keep them in my mythtv frontends as I can restore the OS easily. One one
of them the company involved (Kingston) even sent me a newer drive/model
as it was replaced more than once.

I know they're fast. But what's the point of going 500 MPH and crashing
into a mountain with no chance of repair/recovery. I went back to a
(relatively) slower rust raid10, and it's been reliable for the last
four years. At least with a hard drive failure, you stand /some/ chance
at recovery, not zero.

The one SSD that hasn't had to have been replaced under warranty is in
my laptop which I generally use maybe a dozen times a year. I fully
expect it to die one of these times when I boot the laptop (it's one of
the old models.)

My experiences are with Samsung, Kingston, Intel, Crucial and AData
SSDs. The last one I bought because these things I view as throwaway
devices (the warranty expired on the original Crucial) and don't want to
spend big money on them. I have noticed the AData SSD's performance is
not as fast now as it was new (maybe 1.5 years ago?) So it'll probably
pack it in soon too.

Dan

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