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[Discuss] SSD drives vs. Mechanical drives



On 05/07/2014 09:42 AM, Edward Ned Harvey (blu) wrote:
> As IT Manager at Engim, a few years ago, I had a new VP to support. I 
> gave him a brand new laptop with brand new HDD. He complained that the 
> backup software slowed down his system, so he disabled it. And then 
> his HDD suddenly failed. So there's a counter-datapoint for you. 

What you describe sounds like "infant mortality", something disks are 
quite subject to.

-kb, the Kent who admits his observations and conclusions might be badly 
biased and unfair to SSDs.



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