[PLUG] CMR/PMR hard drive manufacturers and vendors

[TomasK]

Please note that Ben said archival/backup use.

There are no data persistent guarantees on SSDs if not used for longer
than about a year. That is probably an issue if you put data on SSD for
archival/backup - have it in deposit box, fireproof safe, off-site or
not used then realize 2-3 years later that you would like that data
back.

Also, when SSD is dead - it is dead - unlike with hard drives where you
could attempt to read the data off platters in a recovery drive, if the
data is important enough data.

Context is important - SSD != HDD for all use cases or $$$ per GB

Best,
-T

On Mon, 2020-11-02 at 09:16 -0800, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Mon, 2 Nov 2020, Ben Koenig wrote:
> 
> > Most end users will experience catastrophic data loss when using
> > SSDs in a
> > redundant RAID system. This is because most end users just assume
> > that SSD
> > technology is simply better and make no attempt to monitor the
> > health of
> > the drive. In server environment a typical "flash array" includes
> > software
> > that monitors the wear to the drive, and proactive ejects the SSD
> > before
> > it actually fails.
> 
> Ben,
> 
> For a SOHO single-user with a 60G SSD holding the OS and a 2T HDD
> holding
> /home, /opt, and /data (all these, and /, incrementally backed up
> daily),
> what tool do you recommend to monitor the SSD's health?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 
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