Re: [tlug] SSDs

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2009-08-13 21:53 +0900 (Thu), Lyle H Saxon wrote:

> But wouldn't less head movement translate into longer drive live
> overall - all other things being equal?

Possibly. I thought about this a little further, and I think I now
understand why I don't worry about this sort of stuff. I did some quick
calculations based on values for Power_On_Hours given by smartctl, and
it seems the manufacturers believe that one of my notebook drives has
an estimated life of 4.5 years of continuous use, and one of my desktop
drives has an estimated life of 10 years.

Given one's ever-expanding storage and speed requirements, I can't
imagine going for more than about 4 years without replacing the drive
in a computer, even if I keep the computer itself. Thus, wearing it out
faster doesn't really seem to be a big worry to me.

cjs
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