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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by VectorLock on Saturday May 01, 2021 @12:09AM (#27002999)
Most SSDs aren't designed for the repeated writing Chia requires. "Data center" or "high-endurance" SSDs have that capacity but are consequently more expensive.

>One alternative explanation is that maybe farmers were just wearing them out quickly and playing naive to claim the warranty?

That's exactly what they were doing. If you use a low cost "consumer" SSD you can wear it out very quickly then claim it was "defective."

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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by Dylan16807 on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:19AM (#27003388)
> Most SSDs aren't designed for the repeated writing Chia requires.

It doesn't require all that many writes. Problems come from a conscious decision to use a small number of SSDs as scratch space for a very large array.

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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by vii on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:06AM (#27003316)
Is that a false claim?

The expectation that an SSD or even SD-card is infinitely rewriteable (practically speaking) is implicit in the marketing.

The idea that a drive can't be rewritten too many times should be explicit (like SMR HDDs)

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Re:SSD makers start warning that mining products like ChiaCo... by wmf on Saturday May 01, 2021 @01:15AM (#27003358)
Every SSD spec sheet has a Total Bytes Written (TBW) spec and Drive Writes Per Day (DWPD) and many warranties say that they don't cover wearout beyond those specs. It's akin to a tire rated for 50,000 miles; if it fails beyond that it's not defective.
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