Quote Originally Posted by sergiu View Post
And if I would bet, my money in the 1PB race are on Samsung model... I only need to wait another 78-80 days (less time, less chance of total failure)
I would not bet on it. I am becoming increasingly convinced that the write amplification on the Samsung is indeed about 5. And I guess (not convinced, but suspect) that smart attribute 178 normalized is the percentage of blocks left to be used for reallocation. When the pool of blocks available for reallocation is exhausted, the SSD should start having problems fast. If my guess for sa178 is correct, then the Samsung is on a countdown to write death, 72, 71, 70, 69....