SSD Stability

[jujubee]

Just wondering what everyone's general consensus on SSD stability is these days.
SSDs are definitely more stable and cheaper than they were several years back.
In fact, I had a couple die on me within a few weeks when they first started to become popular.

However, do you guys think that the latest Crucials and Samsung EVOs have the stability/longevity of physical drives these days?
I'm just thinking about transfer speeds and how that would be a boost to certain applications.
On the other hand, I wouldn't want to risk it if it was unsafe.
The other option is to ensure regular backups to an independent device.

[MoonDoggie]

I've been using a Samsung 840 SSD and had an intel SSD prior. I've loved them both and have never seen any issues with them. They are supposed to be less prone to drive error because there are no moving parts.

[jujubee]

I have my OS installed on a SSD and all of my critical apps for now.
But working files, textures, etc. - I have that on physical drives because I'm deathly afraid of it going down in the middle of a project.
Once bitten twice shy.

I know that I'm probably taking a huge performance hit as a result.
How long has your setup been running?

[vlado]

I put an SSD in my laptop a few months ago; my workstation at work also boots from an SSD. So far, no issues but I have not used them for long enough yet. With a regular drive, the slowdowns usually start to happen when the drive starts to get full, so I'm curious how the SSDs will perform at that point.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Neilg]

Just booting, running installed software on an SSD has made it so worth it. be a while before projects could go on one.
jujubee - maybe if you've got a tight deadline you could save a max archive of the finished scene onto the ssd & relink all the files to it, deleting that whole folder once the image is done. if it does make a big difference to render time that would be well worth it.

Autobacks saving instantly without locking max for a minute is my favorite part by some distance.

[jujubee]

I have two SSDs - one boot and the other smaller one which I don't completely trust is simply for cache, autoback, and other temp files.
I definitely agree that the autoback not locking everything up has definitely made some things worthwhile lol.
Sad but true when there's one stupid feature that seems to take over processes but the autoback alone has made it worthwhile haha.

As for the speeds, I suppose there's cache, material libraries, xrefs, and other things that could be loaded onto a spare.
But, I'd hate it if suddenly a new SSD crapped out and my model libraries, textures, and all the rest bombed.

It seems like we all agree that we love them, but none of us are sure they will hold up in the long run.