I haven’t had any issues with my crucial and samsung ssds which I’ve had for many years. Maybe at least a decade old? So might be brand related.
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RalfWausE@feddit.org 1 day agoNah… i don’t trust SSD’s, had too many dying over the years without any form of warning.
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
RalfWausE@feddit.org 1 day ago
The thing is: With a spinning disk i can hear when things start to get spooky…
Lfrith@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I have multiple back ups of important stuff, so even if a drive died it wouldn’t be a big issue. But, what brand SSDs gave you troubles? Would like to know so I can stay away from those ones.
RalfWausE@feddit.org 1 day ago
Yeah, i also have backups of my files… but every single time such a failure occured was when i under no circumstances needed a downtime like that (important project to finish, holidays where all shops are closed…) and i simply developed some superstition regarding SSDs.
It also wasn’t brand specific, i had it happen with Sandisk and Verbatim so far.
boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
SandForce controller?
I’ve never had a newer SSD fail on me. knocks wood I’ve got 3 in my computer, all the spinny-spinny-crashies are gone.
Anyway, the idea behind the cheap small SSD is that you only put your OS and generic software on it, not your photos and personal data that you can’t afford to lose.