The TBW (Terabytes Written) spec of SSD's is interesting. I looked up the spec for Samsung 9100 PRO 2 TB.
It's rated for 1,200 TBW. Meaning the drive is rated for 1,200 terabytes of data being written to it.
I plugged that number into Google AI and it came back with this.
writing 12 terabytes per year would take 100 years to reach 1,200 TBW.
There's 12,000 GB in 12 TB. The SSD stores 2 GB of data.
The drive can be completely filled 6,000 times per year for the next 100 years.
( 12,000 GB ÷ 2 GB = 6,000 )
I find technical specs like this interesting. I personally find these specs hard to believe but Samsung claims to have carried out testing to verify these numbers.
Of course that's only if the SSD doesn't suddenly fail. The specs also claim the SSD can can run for 171 years 24/7, but it only comes with a 5 year warranty.
I'm finding these manufacturer specs harder and harder to believe!
I learned my lesson about backing up important data. The final straw was when my password manager database suddenly became corrupt and I didn't have a backup. There went all my passwords!
I always keep backups now. The 3-2-1 Backup Rule is the gold standard for a backup plan.
This was probably my straw, ill look into a more secure long term backup plan after this issue has been resolved. Ill look into the 3-2-1 rule! Thanks
