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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/05/2014 10:44 PM, Khalid
Baheyeldin wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:38 PM, unsolicited <span
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I thought (most scenarios?) even if an SSD 'goes' it will
likely stay readable, if not writable?<br>
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<div>SSDs in general are supposed to slow down as some
sectors become unwritable, and the available space shrinks
and shrinks, but not die suddenly like their mechanical
cousins.<br>
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However, the OCZ's reputation seem to be that they just
die. Have not experienced that myself, though ...<br>
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Here are some interesting examples of how SSDs die due to excessive
usage:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://techreport.com/review/26523/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-casualties-on-the-way-to-a-petabyte">http://techreport.com/review/26523/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-casualties-on-the-way-to-a-petabyte</a><br>
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Not as pretty as one would hope...<br>
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