01-12-2014, 11:22 PM
SSDs do deteriorate rapidly - it's the reason they are now 120GB rather than 128GB and 240GB rather than 256GB... They're leaving that room available for bad sectors. Reason they've become usable in MLC format is because of their disk controller that monitors bad sectors and removes them from use.
They are not as reliable for long term storage as HDDs, especially when heavily used, you can throw them off a cliff and will still work, but write to it lots, it'll eventually die. It's the major disadvantage of MLC (Multi Layer Cell) technology. SLC is much better in terms of longevity, but offers less storage space and a significantly higher cost.
I wouldn't trust them with data that was genuinely important, I've seen enough fail (in a production environment...) to know they're not there quite yet!
They are not as reliable for long term storage as HDDs, especially when heavily used, you can throw them off a cliff and will still work, but write to it lots, it'll eventually die. It's the major disadvantage of MLC (Multi Layer Cell) technology. SLC is much better in terms of longevity, but offers less storage space and a significantly higher cost.
I wouldn't trust them with data that was genuinely important, I've seen enough fail (in a production environment...) to know they're not there quite yet!
