My rule of thumb for OCZ and other SandForce based drives: If it doesn't fail within the first month of operation, it is pretty much guaranteed to last for a long while. I have had astounding failure rates, but the ones that don't fail are awesomely fast. SandForce controllers are a whole new level of absolute shit QA testing, usually a bad drive will fail during OS install or shortly thereafter.
pretty much. have personal experience with a mushkin chronos deluxe 256gb (tier 1 sandforce based). Had random lockups/dropouts of the SSD about 3-5 times per week and only completely powering off the SSD and repowering it would cause it to re-appear. I RMA'd it for an identical model and has been rock solid for a month, no problems at all.
