[mythtv-users] Anyone using SSD for long term storage?

[James Linder]

On 23 Jul 2014, at 2:18 am, mythtv-users-request at mythtv.org wrote:

> After facing a 2nd green drive failure since January, I began dreaming of
> using SSDs as long-term storage. Just curious if anyone's using them as
> storage for video libraries.
> 
> Realize the initial cost is higher, but I'm assuming over the long term the
> savings would be seen through:
> 
> - lower power usage
> - lower heat
> - time cost (not having to re-rip libraries every time a drive fails)
> - etc :-)
> 
> If the drive is configured not to be a recording drive, so essentially
> there's just the writes as you add your DVDs/Blu-rays, wouldn't the
> lifetime be very, very good?
> 
> Also, since I have non-green drives that have happily been running for over
> a decade as opposed to the multiple green losses I've endured over the last
> four years, should I just be avoiding greens?

I’m curious. Seagate’s "ATA more than an interface” says if you put more than 1 disk in a box it WILL fail. I see lots of opposition to this idea but we are also flooded with stories like yours.

James