Okay, thanks for the replies. Now, if backing up wasn't such a chore . . . On Mon, Dec 28, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Mauro Santos <registo.mailling@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 28-12-2015 19:51, Anthony Mapes wrote: > > > > It's worth noting that most hard drive life estimates are very > conservative. > > > > > https://techreport.com/review/24841/introducing-the-ssd-endurance-experiment > > > > All of the drives in the test lasted far beyond the manufacturer's > > expected lifetime, and a 2 drives on to take over two *petabytes* of > > writes before dying. > > You should take that with a grain of salt, sure they "lasted" that long > but they were completely dead afterwards. Also I'd say that they haven't > properly tested data retention, flash can store data for less time when > it is reaching end of life, so if you plan to use the drive until it > dies make sure you do regular backups. > > -- > Mauro Santos >
