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I actually much prefer this SSD failure mode: Unlike failing spinning rust which will happily linger around coughing up bad data (which will then be written to
by pinebox 8y ago
I actually much prefer this SSD failure mode: Unlike failing spinning rust which will happily linger around coughing up bad data (which will then be written to backups, mirrored drives, etc. potentially creating a huge mess) an SSD going out like a light is comfortingly binary.
- starbeast 8y agoIs the thorny problem of elegant vs graceful degradation. In a raid system you want something elegant but not synchronized. In a single drive, some sort of graceful degradation is usually preferable. http://www.assetinsights.net/Glossary/G_Elegant_Degradation.html http://www.assetinsights.net/Glossary/G_Elegant_Degradation.... http://www.assetinsights.net/Glossary/G_Graceful_Degradation.html http://www.assetinsights.net/Glossary/G_Graceful_Degradation...