On Fri, 30 Sep 2011 00:30:29 -0400 Rolf <r...@winmutt.com> wrote:
> Everything has a finite life. The longevity of a SSD in a laptop over a
> HD is going to be greater for one single reason. Vibration/shock. A SLC
SLC = Single Level Cell, one bit per memory cell
MLC = Multi Level Cell, more than one bit per memory cell, less robust
than SLC
Most of the solid-state disks available are MLC.
> drive will take 100000 writes per sector. Intel guarantees their SSD's
> for 5 years at 100GB of writes per day. Even at 10gb per day, the hdd
> will outlast you.
But what about the few cells an operating system writes over and over,
many times each day? How many bytes is that 100 GB of writes per day to,
the whole solid-state disk, or a smaller subset?
Craig
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