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Intel Optane SSD lifespan, when to change it?

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I have an SSD with Intel Optane technology and according to CrystalDiskInfo the SSD is at 79% and the Optane accelerator is at 82%. When should I replace the drive?

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When should I replace the drive?
When it dies. It still shows a "bueno" status. There is no reason to expect it to die any time soon.

Just keep making regular backups, which you are already doing, right? RIGHT?
 
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When it dies. It still shows a "bueno" status. There is no reason to expect it to die any time soon.

Just keep making regular backups, which you are already doing, right? RIGHT?
I do backups periodically, but I thought I wouldn't have to replace it when it died, but before... at some point it would be justified to do so. Can you imagine that one day it wakes up dead and I have to wait to buy and have a new part arrive to replace it and continue working... it wouldn't be right.
 
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Always backup, I'd say when you are at maybe 15% or if a health monitor says its yellow or red and not green/blue
 
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Can you imagine that one day it wakes up dead and I have to wait to buy and have a new part arrive to replace it and continue working... it wouldn't be right.
I understand but that's just life. Your SSD could be a week old and die tomorrow. Or your computer might destroyed tonight by flood or fire. Or your computer could be stolen by a burglar.

Can you imagine if you bought a new SSD today, anticipating your current SSD might die any day now, only to discover that your current SSD keeps working for 2, 3, 5 years or longer? And during those years sitting on the shelf, it becomes obsolete?

The truth is, the vast majority of SSDs used in typical home and small office systems last as long as, or even longer than the computer itself!
 

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or if a health monitor says its yellow or red and not green/blue

This is what I do. When it turns yellow (Caution) or Red (Warning) that is when I would change it. Though I have never been in that situation with optane specifically, everytime I have seen caution or warning when it comes to SSDs in CDI is when it detects the drive has failed more sectors then the nand has in reserve capacity (IE: The point of no return) (Not to be confused with over provisioning)
 
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