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    solid state drives

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by darkus, Aug 24, 2007.

  1. darkus

    darkus Notebook Enthusiast

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    It seems that solid state drives are getting larger and larger and will start to filter into laptops/desktops more and more in the coming year and I had a question. I know about the speed advancements possible with SSD and the difference seem really amazing (especially for hosting/db usage), but does anyone know what the longevity of these types of drives are when compared to traditional harddrives? In theory are they supposed to last longer, the same, or not as long?
     
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    Crimsonman Ex NBR member :cry:

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    That's a good question, if you mean lifetime by amount of space, it wont last too long, but by lifetime, i think it should last fairly long, long enough to get a new laptop
     
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    Les Not associated with NotebookReview in any way

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    By specs the typical HDD is supposed to last 3 years vice the SSD which is believed roughly 10. Iknow, I know...there a bunch that wanna jump all over me now but these are published facts and yes, i have plenty of systems with 5yr plus HDD in my organization.

    Review below if your interested..
     
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    Charr Notebook Deity

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    SSD have about a million write cycles on them, and if an OS with caching/swap is used on them, they will get destroyed fast. If not, they should last a long time. Data retention is claimed to be ten years, so if the maximum number of writes of the drive is reached, you can still read from it no problem.
     
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