[SOLVED] What are the probability to a SSD die caused by a power outage?

[Moth254KF]

I got a SSD for my laptop and I was plannning later on use it for my desktop. But how is likely to get it kill by a power outage? I mean, I understand the danger of my IOS getting corrupt and maybe lose some data (Btw, I always backup my important data in USB and external storage). But my question is, A SSD is more likely to survive a power outage than a HHD? because well, HDD have the same risks but with mechanical parts.
(Sorry for my grammar, but I couldn't find the words to describe this, btw my PSU is good quality)

 

[sonofjesse]

Will be fine as long as you have your write cache set correctly. Quick removal (ok if you lower power) or Better performance (Bad if you lose power)

SSD's are cheap later for a desktop you will want a newer and larger one anyway..........

I wouldn't worry over any of this.

Thanks

 

[USAFRet]

I got a SSD for my laptop and I was plannning later on use it for my desktop. But how is likely to get it kill by a power outage? I mean, I understand the danger of my IOS getting corrupt and maybe lose some data (Btw, I always backup my important data in USB and external storage). But my question is, A SSD is more likely to survive a power outage than a HHD? because well, HDD have the same risks but with mechanical parts.
(Sorry for my grammar, but I couldn't find the words to describe this, btw my PSU is good quality)

Anything is "possible". You can't assign a number to "how likely".

Have a known good backup routine. Not just your "important data", but rather think about full drive backups.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

 

[lvt]

Power outage doesn't kill electronics, voltage surge does.

Modern PSU and even motherboards have voltage surge protection, so the chance for a SSD to get killed is extremely low.

 

[Moth254KF]

Anything is "possible". You can't assign a number to "how likely".

Have a known good backup routine. Not just your "important data", but rather think about full drive backups.

What is your backup situation at home?

What is your backup situation at home? And if you don't do that, why not? Every single day, I read multiple threads here of "How do I get my stuff back?" or "That drive had 5 years of photos of my kids!!" Be it a dead drive, dropped phone, virus, accidental deletion, formatting the wrong...

forums.tomshardware.com

So, basically, a whole copy of the drive?

 

[USAFRet]

So, basically, a whole copy of the drive?

Yep. That's what I do.

In case of a dead drive or other weirdness...I can swap in a new drive of relevant size and be 100% back up and running in a hour.

 

[fzabkar]

Some SSDs have additional power loss data protection circuitry consisting of a bank of capacitors. These SSDs would normally be enterprise grade, though.

 

[lvt]

Some SSDs have additional power loss data protection circuitry consisting of a bank of capacitors. These SSDs would normally be enterprise grade, though.

Enterprise grade computers usually have power backup plan, so power outage is not a problem.