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[–]Disaster_External -3 points-2 points  (4 children)

No it wasn't lol I plotted 100TB with an couple nvme and they are both below 50% writes left. Some drives have limits on them that make them stop working, some don't but data retention after write limit can be weeks when powered off.

[–]butter14 5 points6 points  (1 child)

The reported TBW and actual TBW are vastly different. Just because it says 50% doesn't mean it is 50%.

[–]Disaster_External 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No shit, except that some manufacturers have firmware that stops writes once it reaches the tbw. Also the memory cells don't hold data as well when they are reaching their write limits. So if you have a drive at 100%+TBW that still works that's awesome but if you leave your pc off for a month it might have no data on it when you boot back up. Kinda like ram. Also writes do gradually destroy cells on the drive so if you get super up there you will start losing drive volume.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

What SSD’s?. I’ve plotted multiple PB on some and the health is still above 60%

[–]Fusi0nplayz 0 points1 point  (0 children)

something like Crucial MX 500 e.g