I want the fastest NAS setup possible...

[NickP]

(25-02-2013 12:07)simoncn Wrote:  

(25-02-2013 11:19)NickP Wrote:  It's along the lines of an HDD having a "Mean Time Before Failure" whereas an SSD has "Mean Writes Before Failure".

Does this long-term degradation cause a catastrophic failure where the complete contents are lost, or will it begin to write/read the occasional bad block at first? I had expected the latter, but I'm not completely sure.

Sorry, I don't know the failure mode; what's important is that the reliability of a solid-state device is actually lower than its hardware equivalent, contrary to virtually everything we understand. Perhaps in this application - store music & don't change it - it doesn't matter, but it should still be taken into consideration.
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