Also maybe of interest, the Techreport The SSD Endurance Experiment. Their assorted drives lasted about 2,000 - 10,000 whole disk writes.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techreport.com&#x2F;review&#x2F;27909&#x2F;the-ssd-endurance-experiment-theyre-all-dead" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;techreport.com&#x2F;review&#x2F;27909&#x2F;the-ssd-endurance-experim...</a>