Once again, we're talking about The Tech Report and their attempt at working SSDs to death. At the last checkpoint, 1.5 petabytes of total writes, the Samsung 840 Pro and the Kingston HyperX 3K (240GB) became the final two. Which will become the sole survivor? How long will it go before dying? Who knows. We just crossed 2 petabytes and these things simply won't die.
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So yeah, we have hit 2 petabytes and these drives seem to be chugging along. Neither of the two survivors have even displayed any major drops in read or write performance, at least not permanently. The Samsung 840 Pro has experienced a few, temporary dips in write performance, from around 500MB/s to around 450MB/s, boo hoo, but has recovered each time.
That said, both drives are using their reserve space. The Samsung 840 Pro has used about 60 percent of its reserve in the last 1300 TB of writes, following a fairly linear decline. If it continues, this drive should finally kick the bucket just before 3 petabytes of writes (~2.87PB). The Kingston HyperX, on the other hand, who knows. That SSD seems to have had a rough time over the last 500TB, but that could be just a hiccup. It could also be on its way out, who knows?
Jeremy already posted this
Jeremy already posted this news hours ago:
https://pcper.com/news/Storage/2-petabytes-and-counting-Im-doing-science-and-Im-still-alive
Yeah I noticed that after I
Yeah I noticed that after I posted it. Lol.
I will admit the 2 PetaByte
I will admit the 2 PetaByte being exceeded sure puts things in perspective.
even with 100Mbs internet connection, and downloading non-stop at maximum speed, it would look as following (rought estimates
100Mbs = 12.5MB/s
12.5MB/s ~= 1.03TB/day
1.03TB/day ~= 375.95TB/year
375.95TB/year ~= 5 years 4 months of continous writes
That is simply IMPRESSIVE.
For PCPer with Fiber at ~ 1Gbs.. we are talking a bit faster, at about 6 months 😉 You guys should try that 🙂
Even if you did video editing
Even if you did video editing or recording, that is a massive amount of data.
You could do a gigabyte per second twenty four hours per day for almost four years. Many people split their recording across a RAID0, so maybe you’re looking at six to eight years of recording non-stop at a gigabyte of data per second with a pair of drives.
I believe the life span increases with the size, too, right? So… I mean.. this is astronomical.
I see an 850 Pro test coming.
I see an 850 Pro test coming. Results may be recorded in another generation ….
While it would greatly
While it would greatly increase the cost and complexity of the testing, making judgments about SSD longevity with only one of each drive is not exactly conclusive. 3-5 of each drive would help identify some outliers (good and bad).
Did you even read the initial
Did you even read the initial article?
They had more than two SSDs. But others died in the long run.
Oh, sorry, my bad. Didn’t
Oh, sorry, my bad. Didn’t read your post more thoroughly before answering.
This is getting ridiculously
This is getting ridiculously hilarious, especially with that HyperX. Are you REALLY REALLY sure it’s SandForce, lol?
Now we know why towellie
Now we know why towellie raved about these hyperx he WASNT BEING A FANBOY when he installed one of these in his ps4.awesome info guys!