Re:Intel’s first Optane SSD: 375GB that you can also use as RAM
by pilif on Monday March 20, 2017 @02:47AM
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From the article:
> This gives the drives much greater endurance than NAND of a comparable density, with Intel saying that Optane SSDs can safely be written 30 times per day, compared to a typical 0.5-10 whole drive writes per day.
I understand this as: to get normal length usage of traditional SSDs you can get away with writing enough data to completely rewrite the device 0.5 to 10 times, whereas with the new device, it's 30 times.
The new technology is 3 times better than SSDs with regards to write durability.
I think the article would be better worded if it didn't leave out the most important number: 10 rewrites per day for how long before either the SSD or the new thing fails?
> This gives the drives much greater endurance than NAND of a comparable density, with Intel saying that Optane SSDs can safely be written 30 times per day, compared to a typical 0.5-10 whole drive writes per day.
I understand this as: to get normal length usage of traditional SSDs you can get away with writing enough data to completely rewrite the device 0.5 to 10 times, whereas with the new device, it's 30 times.
The new technology is 3 times better than SSDs with regards to write durability.
I think the article would be better worded if it didn't leave out the most important number: 10 rewrites per day for how long before either the SSD or the new thing fails?