Bug That Kills SSD Drives After 40k Hours (2020) www.bleepingcomputer.com 11 points by QuarkForMrMark 3 years ago
QuarkForMrMark 3 years ago > if SSDs were installed and put into service at the same time they are likely to fail almost concurrentlyThis was the same bug that killed the HN servers:https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32028511
navjack27 3 years ago I still have the first SSD I ever bought years and years ago. It's still fine. Zero issues. Never had an SSD die.Spinning rust? Last one I bought I have connected to my desktop mounted in read only mode because it's severely fucked up.
fargle 3 years ago Total engineering fail: they did the math wrong - it was supposed to be 6 months after the warranty expired...
> if SSDs were installed and put into service at the same time they are likely to fail almost concurrently
This was the same bug that killed the HN servers:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32028511
I still have the first SSD I ever bought years and years ago. It's still fine. Zero issues. Never had an SSD die.
Spinning rust? Last one I bought I have connected to my desktop mounted in read only mode because it's severely fucked up.
Total engineering fail: they did the math wrong - it was supposed to be 6 months after the warranty expired...