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Re:Endurance experiment kills six consumer SSDs over 18 months by Klinky on Friday March 13, 2015 @03:05AM (#9195944)
...and which magical hard drive do you buy that guarantees it will fail gracefully? Customer hard drive reviews are littered with sudden drive deaths and DOAs. If the electronics or motor go on a hard drive, the data is practically toast unless you're ready to pay out the nose for exotic data recovery.
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Re:Endurance experiment kills six consumer SSDs over 18 months by cssmoo on Friday March 13, 2015 @04:12AM (#9196096)
This. ANY error and it goes in the bin regardless of tech.
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