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Last weekend my ThinkPad running ZFS on Linux on a Samsung non-power-loss-protected consumer SSD lost various files when it ran out of power (including the enti
by nh2 6y ago
Last weekend my ThinkPad running ZFS on Linux on a Samsung non-power-loss-protected consumer SSD lost various files when it ran out of power (including the entire Thunderbird profile because its SQLite DB was corrupted).
I'm planning to replace it by the SSD linked above.
I was already aware of the power loss issue on consumer SSDs (from the 2013 piece http://lkcl.net/reports/ssd_analysis.html http://lkcl.net/reports/ssd_analysis.html), but I wanted to see it happen for real. I guess I did now.
- wtallis 6y agoYou'll probably experience a lot more unplanned power loss in your laptop by giving it a SSD that idles at 1.2W instead of one that idles in the mW range. And there's a real chance that it won't even solve your problem.