The sample size for the tests at KitGuru to see how well the OCZ ARC 100 SSDs stand up to their warranty are only five drives, now four as one has failed. The ARC 100 is rated for 20GB/day of host writes for 3 years, a total of 21.9TB and this one made it to about 322TB of writes before succumbing to errors. The other four are still going strong which lends credence to the claimed improvements that the Toshiba owned OCZ has made with their new SSD controllers. Even if you do suffer the death of a drive during the warranty period of three years the new hassle free ShieldPlus Warranty makes it very easy for you to get a replacement.
"The drives all passed the warranty figure of 300TB on 3rd February 2015 – but one of them has just failed with 322TB showing before failure."
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Well…at least they’re not
Well…at least they’re not friggin’ Petrols, lel.
That is just horrible,
That is just horrible, hopefully people will be able to avoid these SSFails.
The warranty terms means that they can deny any service after 22TB, meaning they can easily turn their warranty into a 6 month warranty for a user who is using their PC for media creation.
You get what you may for,
You get what you may for, these are consumer grade SSD’s, they aren’t meant for professional video editors and the like. Nearly all cars are the same, if you take a Camry to a racetrack and thrash the pants off it and it breaks, your warranty won’t cover it. OCZ have stated what it’s limit is, and the testing has shown that limit is extremely conservative. What’s there to be angry about?