On Friday 03 July 2020 12:01:01 Sam Sokolik wrote: > I can't remember ever having an issue with any ssd I have used. My > laptop which currently has a Samsung SSD 860 EVO M.2 1TB > > Power_On_Hours = 11845 > Sam, I didn't think to ask my oldest ssd, but 9 Power_On_Hours 23372 However: SMART Error Log not supported SMART Self-test Log not supported Device does not support Selective Self Tests/Loggin
So I guess its not going to enlighten me about much else. OTOH it boots and runs lcnc about 2 or 3x faster than it ever did with spinning rust on the end of that cable. Prolonging the life of that old old dell dimension. > I think all of our linuxcnc installed are on ssd's also. > > sam > > On Fri, Jul 3, 2020 at 8:24 AM Thaddeus Waldner <thadw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Be aware that M.2 is a socket spec that includes both SATA and NVMe > > type devices. > > > > https://www.atpinc.com/blog/what-is-m.2-M-B-BM-key-socket-3 > > > > Added to that, Apple began using PCIe drives before the NVMe > > standard was established, so there’s another socket to be confused > > about if you run Mac. > > > > > Fast forward to the year 2020... Today we don't use SSDs that are > > > made > > > > to > > > > > look like HDD and are put inside of a box with a SATA interface. > > > That > > > > hack > > > > > was a transitional technique for retrofitting SSD into older > > > computers. The box is mostly filled with air and the SATA > > > interface is dead-dog-slow compared to PCIe. A modern SSD comes > > > on an M2 size card and plugs > > > > directly > > > > > into the PCIe bus and does not even try to pretend it is a SATA > > > Hard > > > > Drive. > > > > > If you are buying new storage you want a PCIe interface M.2 forms > > > factor SSD. > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.2 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Emc-users mailing list > > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
