will Chia plotting destroy my NVMe SSD!? Understanding SSD endurance (TBW)

Chia does not require ritual sacrifice of SSDs to create plots.

Plots can be created using only HDD, it can be done completely in memory, using data center SSDs with high endurance that can last over 10 years in plotting, and new high TBW high-end consumer SSDs provide virtually unlimited plotting.

Lots of people use consumer NVMe SSDs for Chia plotting because they are cheap, easily available from Amazon and Newegg, and compatible with every motherboard (M.2 form factor). Enterprise or data center SSDs are still recommended for Chia plotting since they have higher sustained write bandwidth, higher performance, and much higher endurance. BUT...consumer NVMe SSDs can do a lot more TBW than what they are rated for on the spec sheet, due to something called WAF. We are also finding that consumer drives are greatly exceeding the NAND cycles they are rated for, which is great for consumers. Cheap NVMe SSDs can plot 100s of TB of HDDs before wearing out. We dive into the math of SSD endurance and tools of how to monitor the drive health using NVMe SMART.

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https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-...
https://www.snia.org/forums/cmsi/ssd-...
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https://nvmexpress.org/open-source-nv...
   • Is COOLING Your SSD A MISTAKE?  

Chapters
0:00 Introduction
1:40 SSD Endurance Refresher
8:18 SSD TBW calculator
13:58 Case study - Samsung 980 past 100% used at 2.4PBW