SSDs and write endurance

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Re: SSDs and write endurance

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Wonder how fast an OCZ SSD would have dropped out of the test lol
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I've had an OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (128GB) in my main box at home for over 2.5 years now. No problems noted.

Important files (e.g. BZ2 source code & data files) are backed up on my FreeBSD fileserver at home, with 3-copy ZFS replication.

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Sounds like its time for the remaining 3 to take the 'exabyte challenge'
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GSH wrote:I've had an OCZ Vertex 3 SSD (128GB) in my main box at home for over 2.5 years now. No problems noted.

Important files (e.g. BZ2 source code & data files) are backed up on my FreeBSD fileserver at home, with 3-copy ZFS replication.

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So what you're say is, i shouldn't believe everything i read on the internet haha. Oh well when i was upgrading to SSD's, I kept reading negative reviews from multiple sources so I stayed away, glad to hear it's holding up well for ya.
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I don't doubt some had problems with early SSDs. However, for any next/replacement SSD I buy for home, the winners of the petabyte challenge are on my shortlist of ones to buy. When my wife's box got a SSD at home a year or so ago, I bought a Samsung 840 Pro, which happens to be one of the winners of that challenge. That gives me more confidence.

My general rule of thumb: do NOT buy the cheapest items in tech. Don't buy the most expensive either. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot. Right out of college (mid/late 1990s), I bought a few $20 case + power supply deals from the local Fry's. Cheapest thing there. However, they were dead in 6 months. I bought a $40-50 power supply, it lasted 5 years until it was obsoleted by the AT -> ATX changeover. Lesson learned.

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GSH wrote:My general rule of thumb: do NOT buy the cheapest items in tech. Don't buy the most expensive either. Somewhere in the middle is the sweet spot.
As a very general rule of thumb I do agree, but at the same time I do buy cheap and expensive depending on what I am aiming at.
For instance all my monitors are the cheapest I could find based on the criteria I had for them. They all are German made and costed me about ½ of what an equal Philips monitor costs (statwise my monitors are even better). Sound systems I go the other way around, I do buy Philips and I shed some cash, which tends to work out very well, imo. In PC-land I tend to buy cheapish, balance my system, then overclock the crap out of it. My current PC is with me for the last 8 years and runs nearly 24/7.
I do tend to buy things with in the back of my head the idea it should last untill I feel like replacing it. Like I feel its time for an upgrade for my PC and now that my MoBo has started to act up the timing couldnt be much better. :)
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When it comes to tech, I always assume the manufacturers big corners in order to come out with a product for people who are looking for the absolute cheapest thing. I don't mind paying 20% more than the cheapest thing to get something that performs 50% better or lasts 50% longer.
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Update: they're all finally dead. Pretty impressive, actually.

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