We are slowly witnessing the rise of the solid-state drive (SSD) as it overtakes the traditional hard drive on the market. Prices are falling across the board, and several manufacturers prioritize ...
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Your SSD backups might vanish in 1 year: Set this reminder now
Have SSDs or hard drives for backups? You should set this up now ...
Most SSDs have their own software that can be used to monitor and manage SSD health. For example there is Samsung's Magician, and then the the Crucial Storage Executive for Crucial SSDs. These tools ...
I'm troubleshooting some issues with Visual Studio, and several of the big slowdown seem to be when I'm writing to my SSD drive. (E.G. Visual Studio might freeze > 7 seconds when I do a "Save All") I ...
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I cooked my last SSD: Here is the stress test I use to save the new one
This is how I stressed my new SSD to make sure it won't cook itself ...
Even with a top-tier SSD, eventual failure is inevitable. SSDs operate with a limited number of read and write cycles, and each cycle degrades the NAND flash memory. Over time, this wear will ...
Checking the health of your SSD in Linux is crucial for maintaining data integrity and preventing unexpected failures. Here are the detailed steps and tools you can use to monitor your SSD's health ...
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