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A question that always generates calm and reasonable discussion: What OS do you use? | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 149 comments | Search Discussion
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  • (Score: 2) by wantkitteh on Sunday August 09 2015, @08:47AM

    by wantkitteh (3362) on Sunday August 09 2015, @08:47AM (#220179) Homepage Journal

    I think that may be your real problem then - if you don't trust SSDs, at least use an SSHD. [hexus.net] I have one of those drives in my Linux desktop, I don't know how the cacheing algorithm figures out what to keep in that 8gb NAND, but I suspect witchcraft myself.

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  • (Score: 2) by mendax on Monday August 10 2015, @03:10AM

    by mendax (2840) on Monday August 10 2015, @03:10AM (#220532)

    Well, that is an option, but it's still a recipe for disaster in my book. I just don't quite believe what is quoted about the write wear on SSD modules. Not yet. Think of me as politically liberal and technologically conservative.

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    • (Score: 2) by wantkitteh on Monday August 10 2015, @10:11AM

      by wantkitteh (3362) on Monday August 10 2015, @10:11AM (#220614) Homepage Journal

      You don't have to believe the quotes - they've been tested already. [techreport.com] The worst drive in these endurance tests got through 728TB of writes before it hard-failed. A couple of the units were up to 1.5PB (yes, PETAbytes) and still going. Obviously your own usage case applies here, but I'd say it's pretty safe to trust SSDs already.