Please note that Ben said archival/backup use. There are no data persistent guarantees on SSDs if not used for longer than about a year. That is probably an issue if you put data on SSD for archival/backup - have it in deposit box, fireproof safe, off-site or not used then realize 2-3 years later that you would like that data back.
Also, when SSD is dead - it is dead - unlike with hard drives where you could attempt to read the data off platters in a recovery drive, if the data is important enough data. Context is important - SSD != HDD for all use cases or $$$ per GB Best, -T On Mon, 2020-11-02 at 09:16 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Ben Koenig wrote: > > > Most end users will experience catastrophic data loss when using > > SSDs in a > > redundant RAID system. This is because most end users just assume > > that SSD > > technology is simply better and make no attempt to monitor the > > health of > > the drive. In server environment a typical "flash array" includes > > software > > that monitors the wear to the drive, and proactive ejects the SSD > > before > > it actually fails. > > Ben, > > For a SOHO single-user with a 60G SSD holding the OS and a 2T HDD > holding > /home, /opt, and /data (all these, and /, incrementally backed up > daily), > what tool do you recommend to monitor the SSD's health? > > Regards, > > Rich > > > _______________________________________________ > PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug _______________________________________________ PLUG: https://pdxlinux.org PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
