Originally Posted By: Virtus_Probi
Originally Posted By: Dave9
Originally Posted By: Dyusik
Make sure you limit writing to the ssd, as they burn sectors up with multiple write sessions. They are amazing performers, just like a crack head, and same as such will crash and burn . Don't store any valuable data to it.
On the contrary I put more valuable data on SSDs than HDDs. Write cycle wearout is not very significant for desktop computing uses versus a server database. They have had wear algorithms for a long time and like a HDD, with an SSD it will identify a bad sector and remap it without severe consequences to the rest of the volume but unlike a HDD, it won't have a mechanical or controller failure that can wipe out everything at once with little to no warning.
Obviously this ignores that either way, redundancy data backups are key. Your data isn't important if you don't have an offline backup of it, but if I had to Bet My Life on a major brand SSD or HDD for avoiding data loss from failure, I'd go with an SSD. Since I don't have to make that bet, the distinction is irrelevant because I have the offline backup of valuable data.
No question that solid state is going to absolutely destroy a disk for reliability.
If you look at the physics behind a hard drive, it's incredible that the things actually work. Worked on parts for WD and Seagate some time ago and their engineers liked to talk about the R/W heads fusing to the disk surface when they touched and the hilarity that ensued. Head flights clearances have only gotten smaller since then.
Solid state with no moving parts FTW!!!
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Just because it has no moving part does not make it more reliable.
Dell offers service support on rotating media for a longer period than for SSDs. Last I checked rotating disks can get 'pro support (i.e. corporate) for 7 years; SSDs can be under a service contract for 5 years. Could be driven by a financial factor, but I suspect reliability is also considered in the mix.
Don't confuse reliability with ruggedness. Given a mobile environment, I would choose SSD; long term storage options, rotating media.
They have break/fix statistics for millions of disk drives.