<p>Yeah, my initial thought was that I would not want windows abusing an SSD. I go over my M-i-L's house and the sound of the 3 windows computers in that house grinding constantly, regardless of whether or not anyone is using them, drives me crazy.</p>
<p>I think the important thing to remember is to never put windows on hardware you care about.</p>
<p><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 7, 2011 5:24 PM, "JD" <<a href="mailto:jdp@algoloma.com">jdp@algoloma.com</a>> wrote:<br><br><p><font color="#500050">On 02/07/2011 04:35 PM, Ron Frazier wrote:<br>> I was listening to a Security Now podcast by Steve Gibs...</font></p>
I heard that episode too ... it could be my selective memory, but later<br>
in the episode I recall Steve saying that modern SSDs, like used in an<br>
iPod, have almost a 30 year expected life span if you write to every<br>
part of the device daily. His real concern was with the way that<br>
MS-Windows seems to use swap for no reason when there is still lots of<br>
real memory unused in a system. That wear on SSDs was his concern. Much<br>
of the following discussion concerned encrypted SSD wear. I left<br>
thinking that I'd plan for a new SSD every 3 yrs if I put a Windows swap<br>
file on it. I easily could have mis-heard something since I was<br>
performing manual work at the same time.<br>
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I believe that a small number of the older SSD models with the wear<br>
issues are still out there, so we definitely need to be cautious with<br>
our selections.<br>
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OTOH, this could all be my selective memory. There is an episode<br>
transcript for anyone that wants to know the exact context.<br>
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-jd<br>
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