Reliability of SSDs?

[dave_the_nerd]

True, but I'm used to solid-state components like RAM, CPUs, and mobo ICs lasting substantially longer than mechanical devices like hard drives and fans, which I why I build in fault tolerance for the latter. Not sure which category SSDs fall into.

I have a pair of 8-year old HDs in RAID-0. This is the third motherboard, second CPU, third video card, etc., they've worked with. (Component replacements due to failures and upgrades, about 50/50.)

I'm replacing them this weekend because I realized last Friday they were 8 years old and I got really scared.

I agree with you in general. Just sayin'. D:

 

[bononos]

It's not the fact that it's french, so much as the fact that there isn't an English site who's jumped on and corroborated it, to me. Heaven knows that in the US, people love bad news, and usually the media will be all over something that shows blood in the water.

I've owned 2 OCZ SSDs. The first Vertex (30 GB) is still running fine for me, and has been for years. The Vertex 2 however crapped out and stopped being detected by any BIOS. But when I RMAed it, they replaced it with a Vertex 3.

I think OCZ has problems (aka, they release stuff before it's ready and don't test completely) but my experience is that their RMA process and support are also more active (and helpful) than most that I've seen.

Of course, I'd rather not need the support. I have several G2 Intel SSDs that have been fine since day 1.

By the way - one of those "OCZ is evil" links is from 2002. Ten year old stories about a company aren't particularly relevant to me today. Good chance that many people who worked at OCZ 10 years ago are not even there today.

There is a big problem with the relationship btwn review websites and vendors who are also sponsors of advertisements which keep those websites up and running. We'll have to read btwn the lines for corroboration. Some will interpret an large an active online OCZ support presence as a sign of good customer service, while others will see it as compensation for an inferior product. The French site did everyone a service, a US equivalent would be like newegg opening up its returns data.

It might be 10yrs ago but like other subpar companies, it business model may not have changed. In the past OCZ went one step furthur(from other shoddy memory companies) by remarking chips and packaging and selling them as higher grade components after shoddy testing. Other OCZ products like their modXstream psus were also flaky and inconsistent. There were rumours and at least one case about cherry samples of their products being sent for reviews. I'm not going to wait and see until irrefutable corroboration arrives, I can see it now by the fact that OCZ stuff apart from their SSDs are not widely recommended for everyday good value buys or top tier products.

 

[Skiz77]

If OCZ really was as good, name one major OEM that puts OCZ SSDs in their laptops or PCs? Intel, Samsung, sure. OCZ, I doubt.



This thread has been quite enlightening! I for one was duped into buying an OCZ. Call it the joys of being an early adopter. I've paid for it and recently traded up to a better brand.

 

[bryanW1995]

^ same old FUD as usual.

We keep going round and round about the same "percentage of failed drives" articles(where were they from again?.. France?.. LOL) and constantly taking the opportunity to slander OCZ whenever the mood fits or the opportunity arises.

And calling anyone who buys an OCZ based SSD "gullible or ignorant" fits you like a glove there buddy. I'm sure you're well aware that not many are as smart as you are when it comes to computer tech in general and especially with SSD's.

So, if fanboy'ism is my forte?(and I've been accused of far worse so I'll take that as a compliment, thank you very much).. then you surely have conceition and condescension down to a science. Anyone who's read your posts over at XS can see that clear as day.

The best compliment I could give someone like yourself is that you often appear to be too smart for your own good.. or anyone else's for that matter as you seemingly try your damndest to rub it in everyone's face. Which of course gives the opposite effect to most who would read your highly biased viewpoints that far too often become full of ridicule. Far left mentality at its best there.

And we get it already. Samsung is the greatest thing since sliced bread.. and OCZ is the devil.

All I can say to that is that there must be a hell of a lot of devil worshipers out there because this mfgrs drives sell VERY well. And just in case you hadn't noticed yet?.. most professional reviewers and users don't usually dislike them too much either despite your beliefs.

But by all means.. keep this education coming as not all are aware of your previous posts and the attitude that comes along with it. Wouldn't want to miss another opportunity to rub even more faces in it.

Oh, come on. Why are you always so supportive of OCZ? No other ssd company has so many people so eager to trash them. In fact, nobody else is even close. It was the same when OCZ was in the memory business. OCZ's reputation back then was so bad that Anand told Ryan Peterson that he needed to change the name of the company. And when you have a poor reputation, whether it's deserved or not, then people tend to NOT give you the benefit of the doubt. So, when you, as a company with a poor quality reputation, continually release ssd's with beta firmware, what do you expect to happen? Do you expect everybody who's ever had a bad experience with OCZ to suddenly think that things are all better now, or are they going to sigh and think "same old OCZ tactics"?

 

[bryanW1995]

The part where you state "long history of dishonesty" and instead of showing a "history" of it you show a single article that shows nothing since 2002, and expect us to make the jump into "they've been evil Satan for all 10 intervening years."

It really makes me scratch my head when people wonder how a company can be doing well. It's very simple: it pleases the public enough to give them money for their products. There is no other way to be successful. it's not some massive conspiracy when a product you don't like is successful. It just means that you're not one of the people who likes it, and there are large numbers of people who disagree with you.

See my post above.

Of course, maybe Anand is just misinformed about the tech industry and you're correct.