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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">My advice is expect them to die, and
frequently. Most I've gotten out of one is just under 2 years,
most 4mo-1yr.<br>
<br>
I do things like raid (because they *do* die), crypto, and lvm on
them, but spend careful time to align things, yet they still die.<br>
<br>
I've gotten most longevity out of samsung disks so far, using a
840 pro disk over a year (in a work pc, now sitting on a shelf)
and a pair of 850 evo msata's in my dell in raid1/luks/lvm config
I do on everything happily (so far) after a 1.5yr.<br>
<br>
My last to die was a 512gb crucial m100, wasn't happy to see some
$350 fly out the window after 4 months. Yeah, I was going to rma,
and never bothered as I'm sure they're just going to send me
another refurb to burn out even quicker. I just sort of scratched
crucial from my "will ever buy again" list, as their support
channel was painful (website and humans) to boot.<br>
<br>
The 2yr disk was an adata pro disk, that started getting flaky
around that 2yr period. I tried updating firmware as smart status
didn't indicate it going, and rather their piece o' crap firmware
update utility (for linux even) bricked it hard. Thanks guys,
obviously a windoze dev ported it with extensive q/a. I relegated
it's twin as a travel disk rarely used now.<br>
<br>
-mb<br>
<br>
<br>
On 06/23/2015 12:00 PM, Lyle Tuttle wrote:<br>
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<font size="3">OK, the hard drive on my windows box is getting
old, and
every now and then during startup, I hear a short burst of
"chattering"......no such problem on my Linux laptop, but it
does not get as much use, either...<br>
<br>
I want to replace my aging hard drive with a solid state unit.<br>
<br>
Suggestions? Advice? Personal experiences to share? <br>
<br>
My Dell System was purchased in December 2010 (I but them
heavily loaded,
and hope they will still be good for a long time,
hardware-wise.), and
runs all day, every day I am home, which is most of the
time....I started
it shortly b4 5am today and will shut down about 10pm....typical
day.....I consider it pretty heavy use.<br>
<br>
TIA<br>
<br>
lyle</font>
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