Daniel M Gessel wrote: > Hi all, > > The discussion about filesystems got me thinking about whether or not it's > worth trying to reduce SSD wear on my first system (laptop) to have one. It > occurred to me that file cloning seems like it could save a few writes... > > I've heard that some SSDs wear out pretty quickly, but I'm not sure if > that's real or just rumor and innuendo.
It's real. The next question should be: how much should this affect what you do? Consider the published ratio of lifetime drive writes to drive size: e.g. WD SN850X in a 1TB size promises a 600TB lifetime, so 600 drive writes. A Samsung 870QVO only promises 360 drive writes, but a Samsung 870EVO is 600 and an 860PRO is 1200. If you are running a server, or if you have a significant budget restraint, or if backups are hard, paying the extra money for a longer-design-lifetime drive might be a good idea. If your laptop has an easily replaceable drive (M.2 or 2.5" SATA-3) and will be regularly backed up, there's no point in worrying about it at all. If this is your primary system, you can't afford a hundred-dollar replacement every few years, and backups are infrequent... start by fixing your backup situation, and then consider replacing the SSD with a better one. -dsr- _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
