Technically they are supposed to last just as long as regular hard drives but again the problem is that no one really tested in a production environment. From what I hear (I may be wrong) but most people use the ssd essentially as a cache space and even in enterprises they do. This is what I suggest you do with the SSD so that if the drive does die, you don't lose your important data.

On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 12:27 PM, Derek Trotter <expat.arizonan@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a question about SSDs. I've read that they like the USB thumb drives can be written to a certain number of times before they fail. What is the expected lifetime of an SSD? They're terribly expensive if they're only going to last 2 or 3 years.

Derek

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