- Sep 28, 2001
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Have this SSD coming and this is one piece of h/w I am very excited about, similar as to getting a new graphics card.
(I have an ancient 64GB Supertalent drive as my OS drive which sporadically simply stops working and needs a firmware reflash to get it going again..I absolutely hate this POS Supertalent SSD. Those things had a controller design h/w flaw at least the early models, and its my opinion that they were simply quiet about it but knew about it)
While realizing that the Samsung is probably THE SSD to get today I am somewhat puzzled about the statements about reliability and "endurance" of its memory.
What does this mean? How can a hard drive be "less reliable" or how can "endurance" be an issue? Does it mean that data "all of a sudden" disappears or the drive doesn't read/write correctly anymore unlike "durable" and "more reliable" ones? (I just can't see Samsung or anyone selling drives which would stop working after several months due to "endurance" issues...no sane person would buy such a product).
So what does this really mean in terms of real life use of such a product? Does this mean I can work "reliably" with a MLC drive for a year or two while a TLC based drive would cause problems in the same time?
What does it mean if people say they "would probably not recommend the 840 EVO in a heavy server system"....because it has a high chance of failing or what? Again..if so..how can such h/w even be sold?
(I have an ancient 64GB Supertalent drive as my OS drive which sporadically simply stops working and needs a firmware reflash to get it going again..I absolutely hate this POS Supertalent SSD. Those things had a controller design h/w flaw at least the early models, and its my opinion that they were simply quiet about it but knew about it)
While realizing that the Samsung is probably THE SSD to get today I am somewhat puzzled about the statements about reliability and "endurance" of its memory.
What does this mean? How can a hard drive be "less reliable" or how can "endurance" be an issue? Does it mean that data "all of a sudden" disappears or the drive doesn't read/write correctly anymore unlike "durable" and "more reliable" ones? (I just can't see Samsung or anyone selling drives which would stop working after several months due to "endurance" issues...no sane person would buy such a product).
So what does this really mean in terms of real life use of such a product? Does this mean I can work "reliably" with a MLC drive for a year or two while a TLC based drive would cause problems in the same time?
What does it mean if people say they "would probably not recommend the 840 EVO in a heavy server system"....because it has a high chance of failing or what? Again..if so..how can such h/w even be sold?
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