Re: samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Danke! On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 04:33:54 PM MST, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: S.M.A.R.T. is hardware level data standard used in disks since the 90's, so yes.  Most drives will give you some level of "use" data, it's had far more quantifiable accuracy with nand vs. sp

Re: samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
S.M.A.R.T. is hardware level data standard used in disks since the 90's, so yes. Most drives will give you some level of "use" data, it's had far more quantifiable accuracy with nand vs. spinning things using cheap mechanical bearings and other moving parts that fail prematurely. -mb On Mon, Fe

Re: samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread greg zegan via PLUG-discuss
Hello,  A quick check on that says this will work on other medium such as sda drives.  Is that correct?thanks,Greg On Monday, February 13, 2023 at 03:12:23 PM MST, Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss wrote: You can get this via smart data output like smartctl under linux, or samsung's mag

Re: samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
You can get this via smart data output like smartctl under linux, or samsung's magician tool in windoze. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/106678/how-to-check-the-life-left-in-ssd-or-the-mediums-wear-level I've got a pair of 980 pro's I've used for a few years now doing full raid1/crypto/l

Re: samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread Joe Neglia via PLUG-discuss
Michael, do you know if there is any Linux utility that can report the SSD wear levels? (I just bought a couple of 2TB Samsung 970 SSD's, and am curious if these might also be affected.) On Mon, Feb 13, 2023 at 12:48 PM Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss < plug-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org> wrote: >

samsung premature wear on nvme

2023-02-13 Thread Michael Butash via PLUG-discuss
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/samsung-releases-firmware-fix-for-rapid-failure-issue-in-new-990-pro-ssds/ This is pretty sad, I've been a fan of samsung since my first few generations of ssd's all died quickly from crucial/micron and adata, never really looked back with samsung's wear lev