ssd with unknow TBW

louis14 · 19 Jan 2019

The samsung 256 Gbyte ssd pm961 has an unknow TBW. but a 3 year warranty. Does this mean it' s risky if you want to use the ssd for 5 years within a TBW of 100?

dalchina · 19 Jan 2019

Hi, you may find this helpful:
Understanding SSD endurance: drive writes per day (DWPD), terabytes written (TBW), and the minimum recommended for Storage Spaces Direct | Storage at Microsoft

Infrasonic · 19 Jan 2019

The drives to be wary of are the cheap DRAM less SATA SSD's that have recently been flooding the market.
They often have wear levelling issues and fail early.

Samsung SSD's in general are well regarded both for performance and reliability, so for a boot drive make a solid choice.
I'd be surprised if you got anywhere near their write thresholds in a standard home user / small office environment.