On 30/09/2012 18:49, Frank Bauer wrote: > Why not, my computer upgrade cycles are about 6-8 years and the > computer won't be idling all the time - especially considering modern > desktop environments running whole database engines to store > config/meta data. > > Is writing of 160GB/day realistic? Hopefuly not, but see my apt > measurements below. > > There is also something called SSD write amplification - the erase > blocks on the device are often larger than your normal filesystem > blocks, which might lead to up to 10x data actually writen to SSD, > i.e. down to 1.3years of overwrites in the extreme case. Have you done any actual calculation on this? A quick Google search on SSD write cycles shows more articles debunking this theory than supporting it. -- Kind regards, Loong Jin
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