On Thu, 10 Oct 2019 at 12:53, Tim via users <users@lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> On Thu, 2019-10-10 at 07:03 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > SSDs haven't been around long enough, I feel, for their claimed > > longevity to be proven. > I used to work at an oceanographic institute, so many systems got used at sea (in the North Atlantic, not the gentler parts of the Pacific Ocean) . HDD failures were an ongoing nuisance. SSD's were clear winners as soon as they became available. SSD failures during the 5-year replacement cycle were rare. > > While that is true, it is hard to predict future performance of a new > product. > Spinning disks have many more failure modes than SSD's, so risks of a new model turning out to have design flaws are greater for HDD's than for SSD's. > > > And no matter what it is, SSDs have a ticking clock, counting down > > towards failure. I just have a conceptual problem with hardware > > that's guaranteed to fail at some point. There's no expiration date > > on regular HDDs. > > That's not true. Look at the warrantee period for a HDD, that's as > much trust in the product as the manufacturer has. Not very long. > In heavy use, HDD's often fail around the end of the warranty period, enough so some shops just routinely replace drives at end-of-warranty. HDD's do have predictable wear, but can last a long time with less demanding workloads. You can say the same of SSD's, but in practice they haven't been dramatically worse than HDD's, so the other advantages make them a better choice for most workloads. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/consumer-grade-ssds-actually-last-a-hell-of-a-long-time/ https://techreport.com/review/27909/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead/ 5 years later and SSD's are generally offered in base models from major vendors. SSD's are a cheap way to reduce boot times and make a system more responsive. Vendors balance those advantages against failure rates. -- George N. White III
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