On Mon, 2026-07-20 at 06:33 -0400, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Michael Hennebry writes: > > > On Sun, 19 Jul 2026, Sam Varshavchik wrote: > > > > > All SSDs have a built-in suicide clock. When this one goes, not > > > only will it > > > go up in smoke, but the random half of your data that remains on > > > the other, > > > working drive, will also be pretty much lost. > > > > I hope this is a silly question. > > How literal is that? > > Do SSDs really have an I'm-dead bit that once flipped, > > by time or some other event, causes them to quit even trying? > > > > I'm aware of flash wear and wear-leveling. > > Which is just a suicide clock dressed up in a layer of make-up and > disguise. > It's a kill switch that is guaranteed to go off, at some point, the > only > question is when. > > I just checked the SMART from one of my spinning rusts: > > 9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 001 001 000 Old_age > Always - 100045 > > Over 100000 hours, or 11 years, of constant use. Let's revisit this > topic in > ten years and see how well all of y'alls SSDs are doing…
IMO this is not helpful terminology. We know about SSD wear and eventual degeneration. Calling it a "suicide clock" implies an actual counter that trips when reaching zero, and I don't think anyone is saying that that is what happens. poc -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
