Michael Hennebry writes: > On Sun, 19 Jul 2026, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >> All SSDs have a built-in suicide clock. When this one goes, not only will it >> go up in smoke, but the random half of your data that remains on the other, >> working drive, will also be pretty much lost. > > I hope this is a silly question. > How literal is that? > Do SSDs really have an I'm-dead bit that once flipped, > by time or some other event, causes them to quit even trying? > > I'm aware of flash wear and wear-leveling.
Which is just a suicide clock dressed up in a layer of make-up and disguise. It's a kill switch that is guaranteed to go off, at some point, the only question is when. I just checked the SMART from one of my spinning rusts: 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 100045 Over 100000 hours, or 11 years, of constant use. Let's revisit this topic in ten years and see how well all of y'alls SSDs are doing…
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