[kwlug-disc] Multi-bay docks ... 1 at a time??? [Was: Re: Linux-compatible eSATA expansion cards]

[L.D. Paniak]

On 08/05/2014 10:44 PM, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 10:38 PM, unsolicited <unsolicited at swiz.ca
> <mailto:unsolicited at swiz.ca>> wrote:
>
>     I thought (most scenarios?) even if an SSD 'goes' it will likely
>     stay readable, if not writable?
>
>
> 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.
>
> However, the OCZ's reputation seem to be that they just die. Have not
> experienced that myself, though ...
>  
> -- 
Here are some interesting examples of how SSDs die due to excessive usage:
http://techreport.com/review/26523/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-casualties-on-the-way-to-a-petabyte

Not as pretty as one would hope...

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