Rewrite limit on SSDs

[davemurgtroyd]

Has anyone using SSDs hit the finite rewrite limit on SSDs yet?

 

[4wd]

A petabyte (or more) is a realistic goal before 'worn out', in my main laptop, the ssd (os) is at 7300 GB ( 0,007 Peta) writes and "100% health" after 4 years, which should give some dozens of years of future of use :O) So no, not hit anything yet. That said, could fail completely 5 minutes from now for other reason than writes, regular backups are crucial whatever age or use.

Older test, but interesting The SSD Endurance Experiment: They're all dead

 

[Terryl]

Also to better the life span of any hard drive, use a hard drive fan to keep them cool, heat is their worst enemy, I am in the processes of wanking out a mount for a fan on my new terabyte drive, the old one pooped out a couple of days ago, I had to use an external fan blowing directly on it to clone it to a new drive.

 

[PaulR]

I'm pretty sure I've read that when an SSD fails that all the data is still readable, you just can't write to it any more.

 

[jeallen01]

Also to better the life span of any hard drive, use a hard drive fan to keep them cool, heat is their worst enemy, I am in the processes of wanking out a mount for a fan on my new terabyte drive, the old one pooped out a couple of days ago, I had to use an external fan blowing directly on it to clone it to a new drive.

Personally, I wouldn't trust an SSD that needed a fan to cool it - which make & model is it as I think it would one to avoid!

 

[RustySpoons]

Personally, I wouldn't trust an SSD that needed a fan to cool it - which make & model is it as I think it would one to avoid!

Well a lot of M.2 NVMe drives need a fan or heatsink, I've got them in some PC's and they get quite warm.
Some will throttle if they get too warm, but the speeds are incredible!
These are just PCB's with the NAND/Controller chips, they are not in a metal case (Which acts as a heatsink) that SSD's normally come in.

 

[jeallen01]

Well a lot of M.2 NVMe drives need a fan or heatsink, I've got them in some PC's and they get quite warm.
Some will throttle if they get too warm, but the speeds are incredible!
These are just PCB's with the NAND/Controller chips, they are not in a metal case (Which acts as a heatsink) that SSD's normally come in.

If they get "that hot" then they should be fitted with heatsink spreaders as standard!

 

[RustySpoons]

If they get "that hot" then they should be fitted with heatsink spreaders!

You are supposed to, but motherboard manufacturers do not think about this, they sometimes give you a toy heatsink.

Just benchmarked my drive:
It does go faster than this, however i'm using the PC for stuff while a ran it.

 

[jeallen01]

You are supposed to, but motherboard manufacturers do not think about this, they sometimes give you a toy heatsink....

Surely the SSD mfrs should be the ones who should fit heatsink spreaders if they are, or might be, needed!

 

[RustySpoons]

Surely the SSD mfrs should be the ones who should fit heatsink spreaders if they are, or might be, needed!

No, they are supposed to be used properly.
My CPU does not come with a heatsink...

This is what they look like:

 

[4wd]

Just benchmarked my drive:

Those numbers, ain't a stock basic ssd setup, is it? raid\magician\rapid etc ? ...or have I completely lost touch with evolution :O) (probably).

My trusty 250gb samsung (msata) results. Got some other laptops with different ssd's, similar results.
Anyway, fast enough for anything I do.

 

[jeallen01]

No, they are supposed to be used properly.
My CPU does not come with a heatsink...

This is what they look like:
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As far as CPUs are concerned then that's quite normal, but IIRC (not that I have ever had any "high spec" ones!), some memory modules do come with heatsink spreaders - so why don't SSD mfrs do the same because those would need to be custom-designed for the modules in question?

 

[RustySpoons]

As far as CPUs are concerned then that's quite normal, but IIRC (not that I have ever had any "high spec" ones!), some memory modules do come with heatsink spreaders - so why don't SSD mfrs do the same because those would need to be custom-designed for the modules in question?

Heatsink spreaders on RAM is just for show, its for the kids to buy.
Server ram however is a different story with Registered ECC etc, they do need the heatsinks.

I think if the SSD manufacturers did that there would be massive compatibility issues as some motherboards won't accept them with heatsinks.
It's all a bit daft and a pain in the bum. I can't fit a heatsink to mine due to the motherboard/chassis. However the chassis fan happens to blow directly on it.

 

[RustySpoons]

Those numbers, ain't a stock basic ssd setup, is it? raid\magician\rapid etc ? ...or have I completely lost touch with evolution :O) (probably).

My trusty 250gb samsung (msata) results. Got some other laptops with different ssd's, similar results.
Anyway, fast enough for anything I do.

It's a Samsung 256GB M.2 NVMe with no software or trickery.

 

[jeallen01]

... Anyway, fast enough for anything I do.

Pretty much the same for me as I just use HDD-style SSDs to speed up old laptops for general uses.

 

[4wd]

It's a Samsung 256GB M.2 NVMe with no software or trickery.

Thanks for info, ssd evolution is impressive.

 

[Fisty McB]

...I am in the processes of wanking out a mount for a fan on my new terabyte drive...

Sorry, ...what?

 

[Archive-8]

Sorry, ...what?

.............

 

[RustySpoons]

Sorry, ...what?

 

[jeallen01]

Sorry, ...what?

@Fisty McB - and @Terryl
Whatever "floats your boat"