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<blockquote data-quote="MacInWin" data-source="post: 1928103" data-attributes="member: 396914">It will, eventually. SSDs don't give warnings or have symptoms of impending failure like spinners. They just die, boom, done. As for research, you go to places that have good reviews. I find Tom's Hardware to be useful:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891.html[/URL][URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-external-hard-drive-ssd,5987.html[/URL]Also AnandTech is useful:[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.anandtech.com/SearchResults?q=ssd[/URL]And, believe it or not, I look at the reviews for devices at places like Amazon and Newegg. I read the 1-star ratings to see what people are unhappy about. That tells me more than the 5-star ratings that just gush about how fantastic the drives are. I also find it useful to just read articles that pop up with an internet search for something like &quot;SSD life expectancy&quot; or &quot;SSD lifetimes.&quot; There used to be a company that maintained a large (huge, actually) server farm for customers that provided lifetimes of drives in the real world. I don't remember the company and didn't find anything with a quick search, but it was a very useful report because it was real-world and not just some theoretical assessment. Maybe somebody will be triggered to remember who did that and post it here.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MacInWin, post: 1928103, member: 396914"] It will, eventually. SSDs don't give warnings or have symptoms of impending failure like spinners. They just die, boom, done. As for research, you go to places that have good reviews. I find Tom's Hardware to be useful: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-ssds,3891.html[/URL] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/best-external-hard-drive-ssd,5987.html[/URL] Also AnandTech is useful: [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.anandtech.com/SearchResults?q=ssd[/URL] And, believe it or not, I look at the reviews for devices at places like Amazon and Newegg. I read the 1-star ratings to see what people are unhappy about. That tells me more than the 5-star ratings that just gush about how fantastic the drives are. I also find it useful to just read articles that pop up with an internet search for something like "SSD life expectancy" or "SSD lifetimes." There used to be a company that maintained a large (huge, actually) server farm for customers that provided lifetimes of drives in the real world. I don't remember the company and didn't find anything with a quick search, but it was a very useful report because it was real-world and not just some theoretical assessment. Maybe somebody will be triggered to remember who did that and post it here. [/QUOTE]

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