Minor disaster

[Sam Varshavchik]

Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users writes:

> On Mon, 2025-05-19 at 07:57 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > Ah, yes, of course. The latest advancements in modern technology:
> > hardware with a built-in suicide clock.
>
> In my experience, SSDs last much longer than any HDD with daily use. The

I've had rust spinning constantly for 15+ years. Certainly not hammered  
24x7, but it did reliably bear the weight of heavy-duty compile+link cycles.

My experience, to date, has been the opposite. So far, I have not had SSDs  
that outlatested any of my HDDs. The longest lasting SSD did not come  
anywhere close to the least reliable HDD I ever had spinning in a server.  
It's not even close. Don't expect any updates from me, anytime soon. It'll  
take another 5-6 years before my oldest SDD matches my worst HDD's term of  
service.

> downside for us Linux users is that we have virtually no way to reliably
> check the health status of almost all SSDs. I originally bought some for

"nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0" works for me, when I have no alternative to  
SSDs, such as laptops.

But, on desktops and servers, spinning rust FTW.

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