Never worry about SSD endurance again... get one of these!

[VirtualLarry]

http://www.neweggflash.com/product/...10714-_-EMC-110714-Latest-_-MECH-_-Intel-LB1F

Intel 710 SSD, their successor to the X25-E, but using HET MLC instead of SLC.

100GB for $69.99. Rated for 500TB of writes without OP, something like 900TB with 20% OP.

Only SATA2, but it's using Intel's own controller (VERY reliable).

Basically, imagine an X25-M G2, on steroids.

Edit: See Anand's review (and see Anand!):
http://www.anandtech.com/show/4902/intel-ssd-710-200gb-review/

 

[Coup27]

I don't worry about SSD endurance

 

[schmuckley]

Nice!
I do worry about failing SSDs..
I've had it happen multiple times.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Depends what you use it for.

High IO database or VM situation is still going to kill it, eventually. Then again in an enterprise environment you're probably replacing everything every 3 years anyway if you want to always have warranty so there will hardly be a dent in it by then.

For OS then yeah, even the lower end SSDs will probably last the life of the computer with regular usage while heavy data is being kept on separate drives. I think I've worn mine by like 2% in the past 2 years. At that rate it will outlive me.

 

[WilliamM2]

My 830 has only had 4.96TB of writes in over 2.5 years. And that's with re-imaging the drive every few couple of months as I try out different OS's.

It will probably outlive me.

 

[Charlie98]

I don't worry about SSD endurance

I used to... but then I realized the SSD was a consumable 'tool'... and life has been great ever since. I don't even waste my money on the 'Pro' models, anymore, I just get what is on sale and roll with it.

I guess I'll ask a nooby question:

Has anyone ever worn out a SSD in normal use... not part of a torture test or a benchmark drive, or loss because of unit failure?

 

[WT]

Wish this was available in an mSATA, as I have an Intel 311 20GB used as a cache drive on a Z68 board. Intel's iRST only supports 64GB, but I prefer Intel's reliability to anything else out there.

 

[DigDog]

funny, Anand is *exactly* like i imagined him.

 

[VirtualLarry]

Wish this was available in an mSATA, as I have an Intel 311 20GB used as a cache drive on a Z68 board. Intel's iRST only supports 64GB, but I prefer Intel's reliability to anything else out there.

Isn't your drive SLC, being only 20GB? Why would you want MLC?

 

[Jovec]

Isn't your drive SLC, being only 20GB? Why would you want MLC?

The 311 is SLC. I have one, but don't use it for RST anymore since I've just moved to 500GB+ SSDs.

Depending on the workload, the MLC drive might last longer if the cache set stays between 20 and 64 GB. IOW, though the 311 has more P/E cycles, at 20GB it could be swapping a alot, where as at 64GB the cache might not change all that much.

 

[XavierMace]

Has anyone ever worn out a SSD in normal use... not part of a torture test or a benchmark drive, or loss because of unit failure?

I own the following SSD's:

2x OCZ Apex, 2x OCZ Vertex, 2x OCZ Vertex 3, 2x OCZ Agility 4, 3x Crucial MX100's, plus 2 onboard SSD's in Tablets. I've had a grand total of 1 SSD failure (OCZ Apex, OCZ replaced both with the Vertex 2's in late 2009) and that was the early days of consumer SSD's. I haven't worn a single one out yet. The Vertex 2's are still rolling along after 5 years (OMG, OCZ SUCKS!!!1). The Agility 4's have been in my desktop for just over 2 years. I'd say my desktop gets heavier than average use.

I don't get the concern about SSD lifespans in general at the consumer level. I get avoiding certain brands because of reliability concerns, but I don't see anyone asking about how long their spindle drives will last. I've had 3 spindle drives fail in that same timeframe. My roommate has been through I believe 3 hard drives in his laptop in the last 2 years.

 

[flopper]

bought the samsung 850 pro, set for the next 50 years....

 

[PliotronX]

One thing I found interesting was the use of 320GB of NAND for the 200GB model. I'd like to see a test of 320GB MLC's that are overprovisioned by 120GB Has anybody been experimenting with MLC's in say domain controllers? God I want servers to restart after applying updates in twenty seconds so bad I can taste it.

 

[Kaido]

I want servers to restart after applying updates in twenty seconds so bad I can taste it.

Yeah, I just started rolling out servers with boot SSD's...sooooo nice, particularly when you're on the weekend maintenance shift. Especially with all the tech you can deploy to remote sites these days...easy imaging systems like Macrium, Dropcams, Nest Thermostates, IP-KVM's, IP-PDU's...makes life so much easier :thumbsup:

 

[BonzaiDuck]

I used to... but then I realized the SSD was a consumable 'tool'... and life has been great ever since. I don't even waste my money on the 'Pro' models, anymore, I just get what is on sale and roll with it.

I guess I'll ask a nooby question:

Has anyone ever worn out a SSD in normal use... not part of a torture test or a benchmark drive, or loss because of unit failure?

Depends. So far, the Patriot Pyro 64GB SATA-III SSD I'd used for 2+ years as cache-drive in ISRT still works. But I notice in my StableBit Scanner SW installed on WHs-2011 that it shows a temperature "anomaly." It's more likely that Stablebit, which depends on a database of models and specs, reads it wrong. It also shows that Mushkin Chronos 60GB SSD has "abnormal read errors." But again, the software may be playing tricks. There's no corruption on the drive, or any other problem.