I use the cmd command "robocopy" to back up a folder on an ssd to an internal backup drive though a bat file. The command I use:
robocopy "X:\Source Folder" "P:\Backups\Source Folder" /MIR /FFT /R:3 /W:10 /Z /MT8 /NP /NDL pause
My question: If I run this command file very often, do I run the risk of drastically shortening the life of my ssd or HDD? When the folder checks all the files for changes, does this put stress on the drive? The folder I backup often has about 5000 files, with only 1-30 file changes between each robocopy run. (Sometimes I will run the backup 3-20 times a day)
I also backup my entire internal backup drive to a external about once a week using the same command.
/MIR
which only copies changed files. How much write operations you get from this command depends on the number of changed files and their size. If you are concerned about the amount of written data just monitor the TBW counter of the SSD (e.g. using an SMART tool like Crystaldiskinfo) over several days/weeks.