1. A method comprising: receiving a Solid State Drive (SSD) configuration indicating the configuration of one or more Solid State Drives (SSDs) within a data center; observing a plurality of factors related to Solid State Drive (SSD) functionality in another data center; deriving a relationship between each of a plurality of observed factors and the Solid State Drive (SSD) configuration, each relationship quantifying a causal impact on Solid State Drive (SSD) reliability; inferring existence of at least one unobserved latent variable related to Solid State Drive (SSD) functionality based on the observed plurality of factors; deriving an additional relationship between the unobserved latent variable and the Solid State Drive (SSD) configuration quantifying an additional causal impact on Solid State Drive (SSD) reliability; determining a Solid State Drive (SSD) optimization based on the Solid State Drive (SSD) configuration, data center factors for the data center, the derived relationships, and the derived additional relationship; and applying the optimization to the one or more Solid State Drives (SSDs) to optimize Solid State Drive (SSD) reliability at the data center.