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by Veratyr 3766 days ago
> > Ignore Uncorrectable Bit Error Rate (UBER) specs. A meaningless number. ...

> > Bad news: SSDs fail at a lower rate than disks, but UBER rate is higher

> meaningless, it is.

The first sentence is referring to "specs". It's the manufacturer's claims that are useless.

The second point was referring to the actual measured error rates, which are obviously more meaningful.