&gt; &gt; Ignore Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) specs. A meaningless number. ...<p>&gt; &gt; Bad news: SSDs fail at a lower rate than disks, but UBER rate is higher<p>&gt; meaningless, it is.<p>The first sentence is referring to &quot;specs&quot;. It&#x27;s the manufacturer&#x27;s claims that are useless.<p>The second point was referring to the actual measured error rates, which are obviously more meaningful.