A few days ago, there was some discussion about SSD endurance. I chimed in saying my usage was around 7 GB per day. Someone said that was actually on the higher side. That got me thinking on what could be causing it since I have a separate download rig and a separate gaming rig. I eventually realised that I use hybrid sleep with 16 GB of RAM.
Windows' hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate. It writes all the data on the RAM on to the SSD to retain the state, while also keeping the RAM powered for a while for instant resume. I pretty much never shut down my PC. I let it go to sleep, and eventually power it off.
I realise this might be causing a lot of writes. While this is still not a worry as my SSD has a 600 TB endurance rating, it's definitely something worth keeping in mind, especially if you have 32/64 GB RAM in your system.
Windows' hybrid sleep is a combination of sleep and hibernate. It writes all the data on the RAM on to the SSD to retain the state, while also keeping the RAM powered for a while for instant resume. I pretty much never shut down my PC. I let it go to sleep, and eventually power it off.
I realise this might be causing a lot of writes. While this is still not a worry as my SSD has a 600 TB endurance rating, it's definitely something worth keeping in mind, especially if you have 32/64 GB RAM in your system.
