ssd longevity decreased by lots of image backups?

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i have a pc with my main drive a samsung ssd. i image back it up daily with two programs that put the backups on another drive which is sata.
what im concerned about is: will all that daily disk activity significantly shorten the life of my ssd?
if so ill only back up weekly with only one program.
(im using acronis and macrium)
thanks
 
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Not likely. Reading data from an SSD isn't so taxing to it. It's mostly the writes that tend to wear out the NAND memory. Especially given that to edit a single bit to a sector requires re-writing an entire page of memory (SSDs can only write 1's, they can't write 0's without erasing an entire page and re-writing it anew).
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Not likely. Reading data from an SSD isn't so taxing to it. It's mostly the writes that tend to wear out the NAND memory. Especially given that to edit a single bit to a sector requires re-writing an entire page of memory (SSDs can only write 1's, they can't write 0's without erasing an entire page and re-writing it anew).
 
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well i got the basic gist of what you're saying. thank you
im going to let this thread steep a little while to see if there are differing opinions.
 
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That will not affect the lifespan of that drive.

My system is SSD only...5 drives. 4 of them are backed up every night, Macrium Reflect, off to my NAS box.
This backup is only a read function. Does not materially affect the drive lifespan.
 
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