ssd/hdd question

[Steve Litt]

On Fri, 2022-09-16 at 23:35 -0700, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> Good question.
> 
> Backblaze seems to think SSD's after 5 years of them are much more reliable.
> 
> https://www.theregister.com/2022/09/13/backblaze_ssds_hdds/
> 
> -mb

I've had two SSD (one of which was an Nvme) Linux boot drives, one's flawless after
1 year, and 1 performed flawlessly for 4-5 years before I retired the computer.

Here's the thing though: I keep the boot drive less than 1/4 loaded. All my data,
and especially read/write files, goes on spinning rust.

My viewpoint is that if all you need is 1/2 TB, you can buy a 1TB SSD or Nvme, make
sure it stays half empty, fstrim regularly, and everything will be fine. But if you
need 5 or 6TB (or over 10 like I do), that would cost you thousands using SSD/Nvme.

Also, if I remember correctly, the OP was going to plug the drive into USB2, thereby
eliminating the speed advantage of SSD/Nvme.

SteveT