On 2010/10/26 13:14, Dan so eloquently wrote:
Why do it that way? Well, it reduces the number of writes to the flash memory by quite a bit. This gives the brick a longer life. ... Remember, the goal is to make this thing work at least one day beyond the warranty period. (Seagate is doing a 5 yr warranty on them, btw).
After reducing the warranties on the Barracuda line from five years to three I'm very surprised that they would offer a five year warranty on any kind of SSD.
Regardless of the warranty, it will probably be a long time before I purchase any sort of aftermarket SSD. I love my thumb drives, but I consider them more or less disposable. I expect much more out of a long term data storage/retrieval system.
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