An honest question: can you point to some hard data suggesting that modern (i.e., post-JMicron) SSDs fail faster than HDDs?  I've seen a lot of fear-mongering based on NAND spec sheet parameters for write-erase cycles, but haven't come across any real-world data to support it.<p>Granted, the technology is relatively new and it takes time to get a sense of reliability.  I just don't think most people appreciate what the write-erase cycle number means; it doesn't mean that your bits will instantly evaporate-on-write after that point, it just means there's a decent chance they won't make the 10 year retention mark the NAND part is specced for.