Re: [PLUG] SSD drives (Was: Re: Another Seagate drive died)

[Michael Dexter]

On 1/31/18 12:03 PM, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote:

Kingston SSDs did not last as long as the Samsung Pro (Pro, not Evo) series
SSDs in my sojurn at the Jones Farm SSD testing lab. I therefore prefer the
Samsung Pro SSDs.


Random info: I have heard that the Samsung Evo drives are as good as the 
Pros in many regards. Another option is the "whatever Fry's has on sale 
this week" which as some Patriot drives for a colleague and me.


As for Seagate, the Barracudas are cheap popular and like WD Reds, tend 
to fail at around 3 years. I have seen a LOT of these on FreeNAS systems 
and you just need to budget for the failures. Fortunately, 2TB can 
become 5TB in that three years for the same money.


Michael
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Re: [PLUG] SSD drives

[Michael Rasmussen]

John - thank you for the Jones Farm experience point.

This should be a sig line:

There are 2.5" to 3.5" adapter sleds available at Fry's, but velcro 
is also
a proven mounting method which does not require a trip to 
Wilsonville.


On 2018-01-31 12:03, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote:
Kingston SSDs did not last as long as the Samsung Pro (Pro, not Evo) 
series
SSDs in my sojurn at the Jones Farm SSD testing lab. I therefore prefer 
the

Samsung Pro SSDs.

There are 2.5" to 3.5" adapter sleds available at Fry's, but velcro is 
also

a proven mounting method which does not require a trip to Wilsonville.

73 & best regards de K7AAY °|||° CN85oj
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Re: [PLUG] SSD drives (Was: Re: Another Seagate drive died)

[John Jason Jordan]

On Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:03:32 -0800
"John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com"  dijo:

>Kingston SSDs did not last as long as the Samsung Pro (Pro, not Evo)
>series SSDs in my sojurn at the Jones Farm SSD testing lab. I
>therefore prefer the Samsung Pro SSDs.

Before reading the above I had already sort of decided on a Samsung
Pro (not EVO). The Pro have a ten year warranty, where their others
have a five year warranty. That's the longest warranty I could find for
any drive, SSD or otherwise. Interestingly, Samsung currently offers an
850 Pro and an 860 Pro for a bit higher price. I looked everywhere for
what the difference was and finally called Samsung to find out why:

Me: What is the difference between the 850 Pro and the 860 Pro?
Samsung guy: The 860 has better endurance and will last longer.
Me: OK, what is the warranty on the 860 Pro?
Samsung guy: Five years.
Me: That makes no sense. The 850 has a ten year warranty, so if the 860
will last longer it should be at least ten years also.
Samsung guy: Samsung made the decision to go back to five years on all
new SSD products.
Me: Then the decision is made. Warranty is more important to me than
performance, so I'll get the 850 Pro.

I might add that I had already ordered a 2TB 850 Pro to replace the
dead Seagate in my laptop, also because of the ten year warranty.
According to tracking it may be delivered today.

>There are 2.5" to 3.5" adapter sleds available at Fry's, but velcro is
>also a proven mounting method which does not require a trip to
>Wilsonville.

I think I may even have a couple of those sleds somewhere around the
house. But I'm going to get a new case for the computer that I'm going
to build, so having a 2.5" bay is something to look for. And Wes
already answered my question about the connectors, so I'm off to find
a cheap price on a 1TB 850 Pro.
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Re: [PLUG] SSD drives (Was: Re: Another Seagate drive died)

[Wayne E. Van Loon Sr.]

I may have shared this link the past regarding SSD failure rates. It is 
a couple years old now, any comments?

http://www.zdnet.com/article/ssd-reliability-in-the-real-world-googles-experience/
Wayne

On 01/31/2018 12:03 PM, John Bartley K7AAY j...@503bartley.com wrote:

Kingston SSDs did not last as long as the Samsung Pro (Pro, not Evo) series
SSDs in my sojurn at the Jones Farm SSD testing lab. I therefore prefer the
Samsung Pro SSDs.

There are 2.5" to 3.5" adapter sleds available at Fry's, but velcro is also
a proven mounting method which does not require a trip to Wilsonville.

73 & best regards de K7AAY °|||° CN85oj
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