SSD life and longevity?

[Tocsin_786]

so right now i have a 120 gig ssd(pny xlr8) for boots. i have a 1TB wd black for mass storage and video editing storage. and a 320 gig WD blue drive for games. 

 

i have had the 1TB drive since they first came out back around 2008, and i have had the blue drive since 2009.both worth like i got them for a ripped off price at best buy yesterday.

 

so the big question. i am fine with have a mechanical drive and have no intention of upgrading unless they die. but sandisk is manufacturing these massive ssds in the comping years. 

 

i just want to know how reliable and the life of an ssd will be if you render to it. i will buy them for normal mass storage of movies and songs. but stuff i render cannot be deleted since there is no other way to get it back(other than backups, but i live on the edge) and i dont know how ssds react to rendering.

[WoodenMarker]

The only thing you need to worry about is that ssds have a limited number of writes. However, modern ssds will likely last longer than you need them to unless you're frequently and heavily writing to it. 

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/10/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion-final-update-20-6-2013

[Tocsin_786]

The only thing you need to worry about is that ssds have a limited number of writes. However, modern ssds will likely last longer than you need them to unless you're frequently and heavily writing to it. 

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/10/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion-final-update-20-6-2013

isnt rendering considered a heavy writing process? 

[x Relentless Xx]

The only thing you need to worry about is that ssds have a limited number of writes. However, modern ssds will likely last longer than you need them to unless you're frequently and heavily writing to it. 

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/10/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion-final-update-20-6-2013

@Tocsin_786

Just like @WoodenMarker states, all depends on write cycles. SSD's that contain MLC memory components typically have longer longevity because they have more write cycles, as opposed to SSD's that contain TLC memory components.

To answer your question, it's literally a mystery on how long an SSD will last, there is no telling. Could be a year, could be 5-10 years.

[Cubit481]

The only thing you need to worry about is that ssds have a limited number of writes. However, modern ssds will likely last longer than you need them to unless you're frequently and heavily writing to it. 

http://us.hardware.info/reviews/4178/10/hardwareinfo-tests-lifespan-of-samsung-ssd-840-250gb-tlc-ssd-updated-with-final-conclusion-final-update-20-6-2013

is it going to be really that much for 10GB/day..??

[N3rot0xin]

isnt rendering considered a heavy writing process? 

No, not really. It uses your ram intesively however. But the only time your SSD would be used during a render is typically at the end for the final saving of the output file. Other then that, unless your SSD is being used as a swap/paging file drive, theres not really a lot of writing being done to your drives during a render. You'll save a few seconds in terms of loading the initial textures, bitmaps and other data like that by using an ssd, but thats it. If your renders are also then either your running low on ram or you CPU bogging down.

[Ryan Leech]

 Don't worry, the MLC flash in your SSD will outlast its usefulness

[WoodenMarker]

is it going to be really that much for 10GB/day..??

That's what it seems like but we don't know fore sure. 

 

isnt rendering considered a heavy writing process? 

Writing is writing. If you're rendering out 10GB files, you can assume you're writing more or less 10GB. 

[Cubit481]

That's what it seems like but we don't know fore sure. 

 

Don't worry, the MLC flash in your SSD will outlast its usefulness.

hope that ssd r getting really that much better...i m gonna get the new 840 now...

[N3rot0xin]

is it going to be really that much for 10GB/day..??

More or less yes. In all likelyhood, most of us who use our SSDs primarily for booting and not much else wont see our SSDs die outright from age. Sure there will be the defective ones, but thats different. They have "limited" write cycles, but the limite is pretty damn high.

[Ryan Leech]

hope that ssd r getting really that much better...i m gonna get the new 840 now...

The 840 uses TLC flash

[Cubit481]

The 840 uses TLC flash

that tests were performed on the tlc ssd...i dont know about the mlc...

 

More or less yes. In all likelyhood, most of us who use our SSDs primarily for booting and not much else wont see our SSDs die outright from age. Sure there will be the defective ones, but thats different. They have "limited" write cycles, but the limite is pretty damn high.

ya agree...either for booting or games...and in games also the files that get saved only uses some kbs...mostly they do reading for loading games...

[Tocsin_786]

@Tocsin_786

Just like @WoodenMarker states, all depends on write cycles. SSD's that contain MLC memory components typically have longer longevity because they have more write cycles, as opposed to SSD's that contain TLC memory components.

To answer your question, it's literally a mystery on how long an SSD will last, there is no telling. Could be a year, could be 5-10 years.

imma go grab an ssd just to test now. and post my results.

[algoat]

SSDs last a pretty long time, even well past their specs.  Techreport has been doing a write cycle test for a while now and posting results month after month.  You can clearly see the difference between the MLC and TLC drives.

 

22 TB writes

200 TB writes

300 TB writes

500 TB writes

600 TB writes

[IdeaStormer]

Yea, you can write that much data before it dies, but what is the performance at some of those water marks in comparison to its first?

 

More testing is needed.

[hojnikb]

ssd endurance should be no concern for a typical user. Unless you're writting 24/7, then ssd will be useless long before endurance runs out.