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From: Helmut Jarausch <jarausch@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
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On 07/19/2013 11:33:33 AM, Randolph Maa=DFen wrote:
> 2013/7/19 Dale <rdalek1967@gmail.com>
> >
> > Neil Bothwick wrote:
> >> SSDs are not like USB flash drives, and it's been years since I =20
> managed
> >> to wear one of those out (mainly due to a kernel bug). They have
> >> lifetimes similar to spinny disks these days.

Perhaps this recent thread makes it clearer :
http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/02/19/1326239/taking-a-hard-look-at-ssd-w=
rite-endurance

Helmut

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