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If your notebook has 16 GB of RAM that needs to be written out every time it hibernates, and you do that three times a day, five days a week, you’d accumulate a

If your notebook has 16 GB of RAM that needs to be written out every time it hibernates, and you do that three times a day, five days a week, you’d accumulate about 63 TB of writes over five years. That’s roughly a third of the TBW rating for an average 256 GB SSD. A typical 1 TB SSD would have three times the endurance or more. I think your SSD will handle it just fine. :)

was_a_dev 2y ago
I'd say 1/3rd is a rather large chunk of an SSDs TBW if its just for hibernating. In practice, for reasons you outlined, it would be a smaller amount but I would only find 1-2% tolerable.
- redundantly 2y ago
  Chances are, the computer will break or be replaced in five years or less. It doesn’t really matter if you reach 2%, 33%, or even 90% of the TBW if the system or component is replaced before it uses up all its writes.
  - consteval 2y ago
    > Chances are, the computer will break or be replaced in five years or less. I think this is less and less true as time goes on. I have a laptop from 5 ish years ago I still use and it's actually pretty fast. And, even so, it's not like the ONLY wear on your SSD is the hibernation. So this 5 year figure, I'm not sure it's right. I think, maybe if you're someone who stresses your hard drives a lot (maybe you work with photography or videography?) hibernation might make an impactful difference.
    - redundantly 2y ago
      The five-year estimate is based solely on hibernation writes, which is a very conservative figure. In reality, most users will use closer to 2% of the TBW for hibernation, not 33%. For those with heavy I/O workloads, they likely have higher-grade or larger SSDs with a higher TBW rating. Additionally, TBW isn’t a hard limit and can often be exceeded, with some drives lasting beyond 200%. For most users, TBW won’t be an issue, and other components are more likely to fail before the drive wears out.
  - mintplant 2y ago
    My previous ThinkPad lasted eight years before I replaced it with this one.
mintplant 2y ago
I've got 128 GB of RAM, heh.

was_a_dev 2y ago

I'd say 1/3rd is a rather large chunk of an SSDs TBW if its just for hibernating. In practice, for reasons you outlined, it would be a smaller amount but I would only find 1-2% tolerable.

redundantly 2y ago
Chances are, the computer will break or be replaced in five years or less. It doesn’t really matter if you reach 2%, 33%, or even 90% of the TBW if the system or component is replaced before it uses up all its writes.
- consteval 2y ago
  > Chances are, the computer will break or be replaced in five years or less. I think this is less and less true as time goes on. I have a laptop from 5 ish years ago I still use and it's actually pretty fast. And, even so, it's not like the ONLY wear on your SSD is the hibernation. So this 5 year figure, I'm not sure it's right. I think, maybe if you're someone who stresses your hard drives a lot (maybe you work with photography or videography?) hibernation might make an impactful difference.
  - redundantly 2y ago
    The five-year estimate is based solely on hibernation writes, which is a very conservative figure. In reality, most users will use closer to 2% of the TBW for hibernation, not 33%. For those with heavy I/O workloads, they likely have higher-grade or larger SSDs with a higher TBW rating. Additionally, TBW isn’t a hard limit and can often be exceeded, with some drives lasting beyond 200%. For most users, TBW won’t be an issue, and other components are more likely to fail before the drive wears out.
- mintplant 2y ago
  My previous ThinkPad lasted eight years before I replaced it with this one.

mintplant 2y ago

I've got 128 GB of RAM, heh.