Re: HDD vs SSD

On 5/29/2020 3:42 PM, Paul wrote:
> The SSD isn't in the mood for that sort of thing, and will
> go "kerplunk" just like that. Turn it on some morning, and
> "inaccessible boot volume" or equivalent.
> 
> With the hard drive, a lazy user could "make a backup just
> before it dies". Whereas with an SSD, you really have to
> plan ahead. An SSD is a Ninja, in life and in death.

Dunno. I think that for HDD fails over the years I've had as many simply 
croak without warning as gave some notice beforehand. Fortunately (?) this 
has made me super paranoid about backups so I have multiple levels and 
locations of coverage when the inevitable happens yet again.

Thinking back I'm pretty sure that I've had only one real SSD fail but at 
the moment the brand doesn't register (OCZ?) -- just that it was a SATA 
device and was back when 120gB (or what ever it was) was just getting down 
to real-world pricing. I'm just using Samsung drives for internal storage 
now but I do have three odd cheapish Pioneer drives 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H8FN3ZV for backup in external USB-3 
enclosures that are kept in a media safe in the office. Looking back it 
seems that my first SSD was an Intel 80gB bought almost exactly ten years 
back -- made me feel like the king of the world the fist time I booted from 
it. :-)

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