My advice is expect them to die, and
frequently. Most I've gotten out of one is just under 2 years,
most 4mo-1yr.
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.
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.
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.
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.
-mb
On 06/23/2015 12:00 PM, Lyle Tuttle wrote:
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...
I want to replace my aging hard drive with a solid state unit.
Suggestions? Advice? Personal experiences to share?
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.
TIA
lyle
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