On Friday, 21 December 2018 13:08:20 GMT Dale wrote: > Neil Bothwick wrote: > > On Fri, 21 Dec 2018 08:28:25 +0000, J. Roeleveld wrote: > >> Considering that they, like all SSDs have a limited write cycle, I only > >> use mine for the compiled software. I still use a tmpfs for compiling. > > > > Modern SSDs should outlive a hard drive, and have done so here. > > Any tips to know which are new and which are not? Model number enough > or is there more to it than that? I've seen old stock for sale before. > It is new since it hasn't been used but may have been on a shelf for a > while.
I gave you one model that's apparently safe to use. I assume that anything that postdates, say, 2015 would be as well. > I've got plenty of ventilation but do these things produce a lot of > heat? Use more power than a regular hard drive? I'd think not but curious. I've no information on that. -- Regards, Peter.
