standby mode = SSD wear?

[yliu]

So I read about how rMBP and MBA has the 'standby mode' which copies the RAM onto the SSD after a certain amount time.

If I think about it, if my mac copies 8GB of RAM files few times a day, wouldn't it wear out the SSD very fast?

 

[GSPice]

So I read about how rMBP and MBA has the 'standby mode' which copies the RAM onto the SSD after a certain amount time.

If I think about it, if my mac copies 8GB of RAM files few times a day, wouldn't it wear out the SSD very fast?

Even if it does, have you ever read about massive SSD failure in the notebook industry? Due to standby?

It's more scaremongering that doesn't pan out in everyday life.

 

[paul-n]

There are many possibilities that your Mac will fail, but the wear out is very unrealistic. Backup are mandatory and turn most mega trouble in simple offense.
Also hibernation don't always copy your complete RAM to the drive, only data will be saved no cache.

 

[laurihoefs]

Well, the extra wear caused by the stanby mode might easily start to show in a couple of decades. So if you plan on using the laptop long after the year 2035, I suggest you disable standby mode entirely

 

[Chicane-UK]

Failure estimates for all the SSD's I've owned so far are pointing at 10 years, even with fairly heavy use... if you're still running your laptop by then I'd be very impressed! So I wouldn't worry about it

 

[nickandre21]

with the MTBF of these ssds i guess by the time it begins to show any symptoms of failure you might have already upgrade to a higher capacity drive due to growing data needs or perhaps resorted to cloud storage.

 

[maflynn]

I'd say given how long people tend to hang onto laptops, this potential issue is a nonissue.

If you wish to disable the sleep image file do the following steps in the terminal

sudo pmset -a hibernatemode 0
delete /private/var/vm/sleepimage :
sudo rm /private/var/vm/sleepimage
create an empty file and name it 'sleepimage' :
touch /private/var/vm/sleepimage
change his flag to immuable :
chflags -uchg /private/var/vm/sleepimage

Basically this disables the hibernatemode, removes the existing sleep image file, then creates an empty file (because OSX will continue to recreate it)