Questions tagged [mtbf]
Mean Time Between Failures (MTBF) is the estimated time between failures of a device and is used to help predict its lifespan.
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How is SSD lifetime affected by usage pattern and amount of free space?
It is known that SSDs are relatively very limited in the number of writes they can take before starting to slow down or otherwise deteriorate.
Suppose I have a 250GB SSD with 225GB of files which are ...
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Do SSD's really last 285 years? [closed]
Some Sold State Disks (SSD) have a mean time between failures (MTBF) of 2,500,000 hours. If you divide that by the rough number of hours in a year you get 2500000÷(365×24) ~= 285 years before there is ...
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SSD drives lifetime [closed]
Some years ago when I was looking to buy an SSD drive, I remember reading about how SSD drives had low lifetime with frequent read/writes, so I backed off.
Now I see this in Specifications:
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Are SSD's really reliable enough for power users? [closed]
TL;DR (though please read my full experience before jumping in with a quick answer.)
A power user performs a certain amount of write cycles. Does an MLC SSD drive support enough write cycles to last ...
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