[Hardware] Do they break the myth that SSDs last less than hard drives?

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If you buy a computer, whether desktop or laptop, you will require that it have a solid state drive as its main storage unit. Backblaze is a server data storage company that also uses these components. They have published the failure data of the SSDs they use and it is very interesting.

You should bear in mind that the data shown is of quite intensive use, more than typical domestic use. For an average user it is estimated that the amount of reading and writing on an SSD is 30-60 GB/day. This figure encompasses everything from browsing to gaming, which are not very demanding processes in this regard.

Busting the myth of SSD failures
First of all, we must specify the use that Blackblaze makes of SSDs. These are mainly used for reading and writing processes of registry files, operating system installation and temporary files. Note that the log files are the processes that wear out these storage units the most.

We have to indicate that the company has been using SSD since 2018, with some registered units from that time. The vast majority of these drives are SATA, what's more, there are only three M.2 drives (the WD Blue SA510). Note that over 65% of the drives are 250 GB or less, over 34% have a capacity of 500 GB and only have three 2 TB drives.

Another fact that we must take into account that most of these SSDs are commercial units, come on, you can buy them on Amazon. The only pro drives are the Dell BOSS VS. It also stands out that 58% of these are Seagate BarraCuda 120 drives of different capacities.

Blackblaze highlights that, in 2020, less than 1% of the total units presented some type of failure. Specifically, only 25 drives out of more than 2,900 SSDs have failed. We see that, in general, the units they use are commercial and do not present faults.

There is a particularly interesting piece of information that the company has given. The units they use operate in a medium temperature range between 34.4ºC and 35.4ºC. It should be noted that most operate between 25 ºC and 42 ºC, maximum. Very specific peaks of up to 61 ºC have also been detected in some units.

 

https://hardzone.es/noticias/componentes/tasa-fallo-ssd-empresa-blackblaze/