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

[James Bailey]

WD Green don't play nicely with Linux avoid them

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=73573

Backblaze are one of the few companies to publish detailed real world
analisys of HD usage and failure rates and most of their drives are
ordinary consumer grade drives. Read the articles and take your pick.

http://blog.backblaze.com/2014/01/21/what-hard-drive-should-i-buy/

Jim


On 22 July 2014 17:44, Ian Evans <dheianevans at gmail.com> 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?
>
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