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Re:Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New by indigodaddy on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @02:49PM (#45905391)
Back in my NOC tech/datacenter days, we grew to trust drives with a combination of 10000+ poweron hrs + {zero SMART errors / zero reallocated sectors / zero pending sectors} actually more than a random unknown new drive.
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Re:Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New by Terr_ on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @02:59PM (#45905558)
Pre-tested, as it were?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathtub_curve

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Re:Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New by huhtenberg on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @04:18PM (#45906870)
Might've worked for HDDs, but SSDs have a cap on lifetime writes.
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Re:Maestro Technology Sells Used SSD Drives as New by benjojo12 on Wednesday November 12, 2025 @05:34PM (#45907823)
Yes but also the drives in the OP have 4~ TB lifetime writes, basically nothing compared to the total capability of the drive, Given these drives can do 2TB+ a day for the entire warranty period a day, I don't think these drives are that bad, the amazon seller shouldn't have claimed they were new, but in terms of the flash wear, these drives look almost as good as new
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