[moe]

this isn't just normal bathub-curve component failure

What part of "unless you can back it up with data" didn't you understand?

How are you protecting against your SSD's firmware?

Just like against any other hardware fault: By having backups and redundancy. Bugs happen. You're making it sound as if this was somehow specific to OCZ - which remains bullshit until you provide data beyond anecdotical evidence.

And FWIW I'm neither affiliated with OCZ, nor emotionally tied to the brand. We also run X-25s in production, my Mac Mini has an X-25 and my Macbook has an OCZ.

[justinsb]

Straight from the horse's mouth, here's OCZ's patch log for v129, which describes a fix for a software-induced data-loss issue: "Fixed rare corner case that could cause the drive to reset and clear user data" http://www.ocztechnology.com/files/ssd_tools/OCZ_SSD_v129_Fi...

That was less than a month ago. Maybe this was the last bug; I'd guess not. I'm sure all the SSD vendors have firmware bugs, but my personal choice is not to go with OCZ in future. As you point out, it seems likely that other Sandforce vendors will share similar issues, so my understanding is that basically leaves Intel (?)

In future, before aggressively going on the attack, I think you should consider the possibility that you may not be as correct as you believe everyone else to be wrong. Let's keep things civilized around here.

[moe]

In future, before aggressively going on the attack, I think you should consider the possibility that you may not be as correct as you believe everyone else to be wrong. Let's keep things civilized around here.

I don't see where I went "aggressive". On the contrary I consider it agressive to spread FUD about a vendor based solely on anecdotical evidence.

I'm sure all the SSD vendors have firmware bugs, but my personal choice is not to go with OCZ in future.

Exactly. All vendors hit these bugs from time to time. That's why you should refrain from writing posts "Avoid $FOO" when all you have to contribute is a single datapoint.

"I had bad luck with OCZ" would have been more appropriate.