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[DrFranken <midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Fortunately it is the former!  A 1 would mean that every block on the 
drive could be written every day for 5 years. So 10 means 10 times per 
day for five years.

        - Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis

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On 11/21/2017 3:21 PM, Rob Berendt wrote:
> Exactly what does this mean?
> <snip>These drives are rated at 10 DWPD (Drive Writes Per Day) calculated
> over a five-year period.</snip>
> Does that mean if it is a 1.2TB drive you can perform an average of 1.2TB
> * 10 writes per day over a five year period?  Or does it mean you can
> perform an average of 10 writes, which can be as little as one character,
> per day, over a 5 year period?  I'm hoping it's not the latter.
>
> Kind of like "Write Rarely, Read Many"?
>
>
> Rob Berendt