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On Wed, 2010-04-28 at 23:28 +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > Something I've wondered about for a while, but keep forgetting to ask. > > As I understand it, SSD lifespan is measured in numbers of r/w cycles, > as discussed at > http://hothardware.com/News/Two-Methods-for-Measuring-SSD-Lifespans/ > With that in mind is it such a great idea to put an OS on an SSD as it > will be almost constantly engaged in readign and writing, far more so I > would have thought than a data drive - depending on the user of course. The intel I got is something like 1,200,000 hours mtbf I think I read, which my calculator tells me is 136 years.... I somehow doubt that is its average lifespan in real applications, if it goes 5years though it will do. The upside of an SSD is when it does fail from exhausted read/writes, it merely becomes read only afaik, no catastrophic data loss, which I have to say I am in favour of :] -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html