williamyf writes: The fantastic of us at Backblaze have printed their first ever report that consists of their SSD fleet. To the shock of nobody, SSDs are extra extra dependable (0.98% AFR) than HDDs (1.64% AFR). The shocking factor factor was how small the distinction is (0.66% AFR).
A TL;DR article by effectively regarded storage reporter Chris Mellor is right here. Additionally worthy of be aware: S.M.A.R.T. attribute utilization amongst SSD makers is neither standardized, nor very good:
“Klein notes that the SMART (Self-Monitoring, Evaluation, and Reporting Know-how) used for drive state reporting is utilized inconsistently by producers. “Phrases like put on leveling, endurance, lifetime used, life used, LBAs [Logical Block Address] written, LBAs learn, and so forth are used inconsistently between producers, typically utilizing totally different SMART attributes, and typically they don’t seem to be recorded in any respect.”
Which means you possibly can’t use such SMART statistics to make legitimate comparisons between the drives. “Come on, producers. Standardize your SMART numbers.”
