1) do they fail faster than HDDs,
2) how long can we reasonably expect them to last?"
"How Reliable are SSDs?"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/
"What’s not to love about solid state drives (SSDs)? They are faster
than conventional hard disk drives (HDDs), more compact, have no moving >parts, are immune to magnetic fields, and can withstand more shocks and >vibration than conventional magnetic platter disks. And, they are
becoming available in larger and larger capacities while their cost
comes down."
"We’re now seeing SSDs with capacities that used to be reserved for HDDs
and at prices that no longer make our eyes water. 500 GB SSDs are now >affordable (under $100), and 1 TB drives are reasonably priced ($100 to >$150). Even 2 TB SSDs fall into a budget range for putting together a
good performance desktop system ($300 to $400)."
"The bottom line question is: do SSD drives fail? Of course they do, as
do all drives eventually. The important questions we really need to be
asking are 1) do they fail faster than HDDs, and 2) how long can we >reasonably expect them to last?"
I've never seen an SSD rated that way. I've seen TBW and "years" (the
latter for warranty purposes), but never what you described. Is there
a specific brand that describes 'life' that way? You said 'most', but
I assume it's only one brand.
On 2/21/19 3:19 PM, Lynn McGuire wrote:
1) do they fail faster than HDDs,
It depends on the workload.
SSDs are write sensitive. So anything that writes a lot of data will
cause them to fail faster.
Most SSDs are rated in how many times a day they can have the entire
drive capacity written. Some drives are a fraction, some are single
digit multiples. I don't think I've seen any that are two digit multiples.
2) how long can we reasonably expect them to last?"
Again, it depends on the workload.
You should also be aware of the failure mode. Some drives fail such
that they become read only. Others fail and become a brick. The former >allows you to copy data off. The latter … well I hope you had good backups.
On 2/21/19 8:59 PM, Mark Perkins wrote:
I've never seen an SSD rated that way. I've seen TBW and "years" (the
latter for warranty purposes), but never what you described. Is there
a specific brand that describes 'life' that way? You said 'most', but
I assume it's only one brand.
Drive Writes Per Day.
Link - Speeds, Feeds and Needs – Understanding SSD Endurance
- https://blog.westerndigital.com/ssd-endurance-speeds-feeds-needs/
§ The SSD Endurance Equation
Ugh! So it's a [WD] blog where the guy cautions *against* using 'drive
writes per day' because it's *not* a good metric for measuring drive endurance, due to the fact that it doesn't give apples to apples
comparisons across drive capacities. He then goes on to say that TBW is
a better metric, with which I (and virtually everyone else) agree.
The question remains: is there an SSD manufacturer that uses 'drive
writes per day' in their marketing materials to help customers figure
out the endurance properties of their product? So far, no.
"How Reliable are SSDs?"
   https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/
Lynn McGuire wrote:
"How Reliable are SSDs?"
https://www.backblaze.com/blog/how-reliable-are-ssds/
I used to also think SSD's are more reliable than HDD's, but recently
I've had nothing but trouble with a particular brand of SSD, the Adata
SU630 series is absolutely crap. I've already had to return 3 of them,
and I'm getting ready to return my 4th. Thank god I got good backups!
They are good about exchanging their products, but I doubt that they've
even noticed that I've returned 4 of their products already under
warranty. They don't even ask questions, just take your RMA order. They
must be using the worst Flashram in the world, from the reject pile of
every manufacturer around. I've had enough, and I'm going to replace
with a WD SSD now, but I will get the latest replacement and probably
put it into an external case for occasional large storage requirements
that don't need to be on all of the time.
I was expecting the article to provide some actual statistics,
especially since the author was Backblaze. Instead it was just a bunch
of general information with no statistics at all. Pretty useless since
it never does address how reliable are SSDs as experienced from actual
use in their data centers.
However, Backblaze doesn't use SSDs for storage of customer data, just
for a few boot drives or as frontend servers, like database servers.
They don't have many to provide any statistics, so they won't have any statistics to report. Yet that article is just generalized fluff about
SSDs versus HDDs. You cannot draw many conclusions from it, and nothing substantial regarding reliability.
If you want to increase the lifespan (aka endurance) of an SSD, increase
its overprovisioning. That allocates more reserved space to accomodate failed memory blocks that will happen eventually. You lose some
capacity for the unallocated space on the SSD for more (well, any) overprovisioning, but if you're getting tight on space (and aren't
collecting tons of garbage files or data that could be stored elsewhere
like on a cheaper HDD) then you really should get higher or more drives.
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