Flash media doesn't wear out on read. Only on erase in prep for writing.
The majority of storage life is just that. Storage.

On Sat, Sep 17, 2022, 2:36 AM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss <
plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> 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
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 12:08 PM Michael via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
>
>> Which is bette, and SSD or HDD?
>> Which is more reliable? What is the downside of a SSD?
>>
>> --
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
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