Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-06-14, 12:52:Well, any storage device that uses flash memory (including SSD) suffers from write amplification. TRIM attempts to minimize this […]
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ZellSF wrote on 2022-06-14, 11:27:
TRIM's purpose is increasing write speeds, not improving life span.
Well, any storage device that uses flash memory (including SSD) suffers from write amplification. TRIM attempts to minimize this.
Regardless of that, worrying about SSD lifespan is not really rational, please do the math on how much money you're saving.
You're right, it is not a rational thought. Since SSDs lack moving parts, they consume much less power and run cooler. As of 2022, the only thing a regular HDD has going for it is price per GB.
I'm confused, are you changing your mind? That was a reply to you recommending not to use SSDs on OSes without TRIM, which is where I said avoiding SSDs was irrational.
TrashPanda wrote on 2022-06-14, 13:02:
Gmlb256 wrote on 2022-06-14, 12:52:Well, any storage device that uses flash memory (including SSD) suffers from write amplification. TRIM attempts to minimize this […]
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ZellSF wrote on 2022-06-14, 11:27:
TRIM's purpose is increasing write speeds, not improving life span.
Well, any storage device that uses flash memory (including SSD) suffers from write amplification. TRIM attempts to minimize this.
Regardless of that, worrying about SSD lifespan is not really rational, please do the math on how much money you're saving.
You're right, it is not a rational thought. Since SSDs lack moving parts, they consume much less power and run cooler. As of 2022, the only thing a regular HDD has going for it is price per GB.
SSDs are slowly catching up on capacity but will never likely be as cheap as spinning rust .. and with spinning rust set to balloon out to 50tb by years end I think SSDs may never be mass storage for the average consumer. (My 8tb SSD cost 2k mid last year I bet its more now with shortages and such)
Now that I think about it, I would hate to actually own a 25tb HDD ..imagine losing that much data.
I don't think anyone was suggesting using SSDs for storage of that magnitude. And I really doubt 50TB of storage even matters to the average consumer, so I'm not sure why you think that's changing anything.
8TB SSD is now 750$:
https://www.amazon.com/SAMSUNG-870-QVO-SATA-M … B/dp/B089C3TZL9
It's not a good SSD, but it offers fast reads, high shock resistance and low noise (three of the more important SSD attributes IMO). As far as I can see though, 8K SSDs weren't 2000$ last year, not even M.2 drives.
Also, losing data? Everything important to you should have a backup. Always. For 25TB drives I definitely would consider a more advanced solution than a single backup. Though my own storage setup seems to be quickly degrading to a single backup only...
The Serpent Rider wrote on 2022-06-14, 13:11:
ZellSF wrote:TRIM's purpose is increasing write speeds, not improving life span.
Actually both. The whole point of TRIM is to reduce unnecessary writes by marking occupied blocks with leftover data as free to use.
For performance reasons; the lifespan reasons really aren't that significant.