“What about this total bytes written exclusion in the 5 year warranty?”
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In general SSDs have a write limit. The circuits for read write have an expected life span. The write life span is based on the space capacity of the Drive.. SSDs are great for basic read right use. Not generally recommended for video surveillance or aggressive cashing. In short, the manufacturer does not want to Warrant the product past it's expected lifespan. To choose the drive that fits your needs I recommend looking at the reviews and Total Bytes Written limitations and or write lock down features.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.It means you can’t write the total amount of the drive that many times. So if you have a 500gb and it’s rated at 1 drive write a day, you have 365 drive writes a year. The chances of you doing that much in a consumer pc is slim to none, but if you did it would over extend the drive and void the warranty. You can use the free Samsung magician tool to monitor your total read/write data.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Its kind of like a car warranty xxxxx miles or x number of years. Because of the way SSD drives work once you have done so many writes/re-writes to the internal memory they can become unstable or fail. Having said that it will take quite some time to reach that number for the average user so this is a great drive for productivity, gaming, or just general use and will really increase the performance over a typical HDD. A good example of a use case that a normal HDD would be better than a SSD would be something like a home or business camera security system.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Spend the extra bux for Heavy-Use "Server" SSD, the 860Pro, if you don't like the T.B.W. exclusion
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