On Sun, 19 Jul 2026, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
All SSDs have a built-in suicide clock. When this one goes, not only will it go up in smoke, but the random half of your data that remains on the other, working drive, will also be pretty much lost.
I hope this is a silly question. How literal is that? Do SSDs really have an I'm-dead bit that once flipped, by time or some other event, causes them to quit even trying? I'm aware of flash wear and wear-leveling. -- Michael [email protected] "SCSI is NOT magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then." -- John Woods -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
