the article was referenced for general results, don't be such a hard a$$ :). I doubt google's data farms have changed that much from hammering the crap out of their hardware. Seriously, I support embedded hardware that has been in the field for decades. One of the issues we have to worry about is wearing out persistent storage like this - much smaller but the same concept. When I was thinking about moving to SSD, one of the gripes was that when the SSDs failed it was instant as compared to spinners making noise. With that said, I've been using SSDs since 2010? Heck at least a decade. SATA, m.2 and higher. None have failed. I think it's far more likely to lose your system in some other way.
Charlie Gilley “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759 Has never been more appropriate.
