Choosing an SSD disk for working with a DBMS (development, testing, but not production)

Question

Database

The main DBMS during development is Firebird.

Advise whether it is worth switching to an SSD (I'm sure I'm interested in the issue of durability, reliability and security)? What pitfalls can there be when actively working with databases, what are the methods for properly working with them on an SSD?

Regarding hardware: I'm interested in disks for a laptop with a volume of 200-300GB, I'm leaning towards the new Samsung 840 (without the pro prefix)

Answer 1

Any disk of the size you need, permanent backups and all that.
You need to be prepared for the fact that he will die at any moment suddenly, by the way, this distinguishes ssd disks from ordinary ones, they die suddenly and take away all the data, the guarantees for them are 3-5 years, so they can easily be replaced with new ones.
Work as you like, you can still die. At the expense of durability, now it has become unambiguously higher, if earlier not a single ssd screw lived up to a year, now there are several in computers and servers that have survived.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

RAID from SSD and not to bathe very much + hardets for backups.