[kwlug-disc] SSD life

[Ron Singh]

Many thanks to all for the very valuable feedback.
I will keep the existing Sammy 850 in place, but I will also travel with a
bit-for-bit clone on one of my spare 1TB SSDs as a just-in-case cause I
would hate being caught far from home without a spare image in hand:-)

Lord, talk about 1st-world concerns...

*Ron S.*


On Tue, Jun 23, 2026 at 1:51 PM William Park via kwlug-disc <
kwlug-disc at kwlug.org> wrote:

> I'm told that,
>     - SSD will hold charge for 10 years when un-powered.
>     - If powered, internal chip will monitor the bits and do their magic.
> So, if write cycle is within spec, then it will work indefinitely, subject
> to chip failure rate.
>
> On 2026-06-23 02:38, Ron Singh wrote:
>
> It's the literal age of the SSD I am really worried about -- 9+ years
> since mfg, 2.5yr of power-on hours.
> Cells holding an electrical charge reliably after 10 years say, how much
> faith should I have in that?
>
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