A hot subject when it comes to Solid State Disks (SSDs) is its lifetime. Many people are waiting with purchasing a SSD till prices come down, but also when they become more reliable. The truth is that for modern SSDs lifetime usually isn't an issue and with normal daily use they should be good for years of usage.
But if you're someone who uses your computer's storage intensively or if you just want to be sure then you can now measure the expected lifetime of your solid state disk with a free application.
Once the software is installed it will collect data on the usage of your SSD and after a day the free version will give you an estimate of the lifetime of your disk. The paid version (€11.99) gives you the information straight away and is able to show more data and it's recommended to let it monitor your SSD usage for a week.
The software is able to show the total amount of writes to the disk, the lifetime of the disk in the worst case scenario, the amount of reads during the monitoring period and much more. If you already know the amount of writes you do, then the software author also has a calculator on his website where you can the expected lifetime for your model.
More information and downloads can be found on the website of SSDready.
