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Sorry that I don't know much about SSDs but what do you mean by "their drive will go readonly"? Can you elaborate? Thanks.
by sys_64738 6y ago
Sorry that I don't know much about SSDs but what do you mean by "their drive will go readonly"? Can you elaborate? Thanks.
- lisper 6y agoSSDs have a limited number of total write cycles they can undergo before they wear out. See e.g.: https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000137999/hard-drive-why-do-solid-state-devices-ssd-wear-out https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000137999/hard-driv...
- NegativeLatency 6y agoDecent explanation here: https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/210492-extremetech-explains-how-do-ssds-work https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/210492-extremetech-expla...
- Filligree 6y agoIn addition to what's been said, Flash cells lose data over time and need to be rewritten. The controllers take care of this. But an SSD that has gone read-only, assuming it can in fact go read-only, is an SSD that will quickly lose all its data.