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Testing shows SSDs are now more reliable than hard drives
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|November 2022
Backblaze tested thousands of SSDs for four years, and the results are surprising.
As speedy solid-state drives began to rise as a realistic alternative to the decades-old hard drive for consumers, early adopters worried that their new SSDs would fail faster and more frequently. But that might not be the case now, if it ever was. According to the latest Drive Stats report from online backup service Backblaze (fave. co/3MypJwr), its SSDs are failing at a consistently lower rate than old-fashioned hard drives. If the data can be replicated, it means that one of the last advantages (or perceived advantages) of the hard drive is disappearing.
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