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To make things better for the users and easier for the techs when a user gets a new computer it copies all the important data that we want from the old computer to the new.
The techs do this using T7 SSD's as I picked them out as the best at the time.
So by now we have probably used them easily hundreds to thousands of times for really intensive workloads and not a single one has failed, including the one I have that I bought as the very first one to test out before I bought the rest.
I now prefer the new X10 Pro because its faster and lighter, more comparible to the Samsung T9 but better than the T9 IMO.
But I keyed in because yes I have real world data that says the T7 is extremly reliable, but you never know when you will be the unlucky one, this kind of tech can always fail no matter what brand or quality.
So always keep a backup if its something important.
The problem with keeping anything on NAND for archival purposes is that it requires power to maintain that data. It's called bit rot and can occur on every type of flash memory in a very short span of time.
Mechanical drives that employ magnetic storage don't have this problem, which is why companies still use tape for most of their archiving.
The issue is that people aren't aware of this, so they shelve a flash drive for years unpowered and then assume the drive failed when their data is missing.
None of that has anything to do with performance of the drive. Which, by the way, is actually impacted far more by how much of the capacity is utilized.
In order to maintain longevity and performance, flash memory comes with additional reserve storage the user can't directly access. The drive uses this extra storage, in addition to any unused user accessible space, to shift data around amongst its cells.
Tools like SpinRite aren't needed for this and I'm skeptical that SpinRite can accomplish anything at all (it was snake oil in the mid-2000s).
All modern drives come with these maintenance strategies built in and all they need to execute them is power.
So, regardless of what you're using these drives for, they need to be plugged in every so often.
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inside these?
How fast are the write speed for games
inside these?
Not sure if P1 actually has a 4TB version? or do they put 2x2TB inside?
Researched a bit and Crucial P1 was Crucial's first Nvme offering I think.
Crucial P1 review:
https://www.tomshardwar
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https://youtu.be/cmTsIh7LmNs?si=-XfSCoKCF7rJvTpV
This is the 1tb but they are probably the same thing for the larger sizes, so no these cannot be disassembled and used as an internal drive.
https://www.anandtech.c