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  • Hey all, just changed over the backend after 15 years I figured time to give it a bit of an update, its probably gonna be a bit weird for most of you and i am sure there is a few bugs to work out but it should kinda work the same as before... hopefully :)

Life and times of REDMag.

Yes. All SSD's degrade. I would guess that you can fill up a RedMag 100% every day and have it last 2-3 years. Just a guess... One thing is for sure though... The RedMags seriously rock!
 
I'm pretty sure they would degrade, as we all do, over a greater period time for sure, but is it true Red will only guarantee them for a limited period?
Like 3 months-1 year?
 
All solid state media has limited read/write cycles. How many depends on the quality of the media used. For high quality media, it's typically hundreds of thousands to millions of cycles.

There's no set "expiration date." If you had an SSD just sitting on a shelf it would last near indefinitely. It's only when you use it that it begins to wear out.

Have you ever had a USB thumbdrive fail? Same frequency.
 
Things with no moving parts seem to last longer.

Red SSDs have no moving parts.

Red Raid drives do.

CF cards do not have moving parts.

David
 
Thank you gentlemen! Is there somewhere official that states that limited guarantee from Red?
 
Still trying to find the official line on SSD guarantees, and after reading Anand's article, why should it be quite as little as 90 days?

What's the official Red guarantee on spinning drives for example?
 
That's exactly what I'm trying to establish. Is it 90 days on ALL their media?
So, all this time we've all been using spinning drives and RAMs on a 90 day warranty??
 
Generally the rule with electronics seems to be that if there is a fault it will generally appear right off the bat or withint the first 90 days of operation. If not, then they just tend to run pretty much problem free.

Maybe you are hoping for a longer warranty period becuase of the high cost of the items, or some kind of protection against product failure. If this is the case then it would be best to insure those items seperately. My guess is that it might be expensive to insure an SSD drive against failure, but easy to ensure against theft or something like that.

David
 
That's interesting. By that thinking, it should be even MORE insurable AFTER 90 days? Right?? :)

Obviously what I'm attempting to establish here is some kind of assurance about media,
or at least an widely-accepted limit on reliability and is therefore 'normal'..


Laurie
 
SSD tech is so new and changing so rapidly that you will most likely want new media before the media goes bad. Again because SSD's are so new it's really hard to give a set "normal" lifespan. Especially under these conditions. Most SSD's are designed for use in computers where they are not filled up and erased on a daily basis. Time will give us your answer until then enjoy the ride I guess... :) Seriously, the Redmag's are great and I would trust them over any other media.
 
With that in mind, I need to RENT 6x128gb SSDs for the whole of October in the UK.

Anyone got any spares?
 
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