[SOLVED] Is my SSD dying?

[thelastwinchester]

Block Erase Count seems unnaturally, exponentially high. Is my SSD dying? For the first time today, my system froze after startup on the home screen and I had to restart it.

View: https://imgur.com/a/K3vLfTy

 

[Colif]

run the tests in this software on drive - https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?lang=en&p=279

 

[mdd1963]

4 TB total writes is hardly what I'd call an overworked SSD....even for a little 120 GB unit...

If it is your boot /OS drive, I'd be replacing it with a 500 GB unit anyway, as 120 GB drives often give users of constant battles for keeping even 10-20 GB of space free...

Assuming you are looking only for a SATA SSD in 2.5" format and your rig has no M.2 NVME slots, Crucial's MX500 is excellent, unless you can find a Samsung 860 EVO for equal or less price...

 

[thelastwinchester]

run the tests in this software on drive - https://support.wdc.com/downloads.aspx?lang=en&p=279

Done.

https://imgur.com/a/ouse2sT

View: https://imgur.com/a/ouse2sT

 

[thelastwinchester]

4 TB total writes is hardly what I'd call an overworked SSD....even for a little 120 GB unit...

If it is your boot /OS drive, I'd be replacing it with a 500 GB unit anyway, as 120 GB drives often give users of constant battles for keeping even 10-20 GB of space free...

Assuming you are looking only for a SATA SSD in 2.5" format and your rig has no M.2 NVME slots, Crucial's MX500 is excellent, unless you can find a Samsung 860 EVO for equal or less price...

That's not the point. The rated endurance is 40TB. I'm asking about this SSD's high Block Erase Count. The SSD is 2.5 years old and is working as a boot drive only for the last 6 months. I have half the disk empty anyway.

 

[USAFRet]

That's not the point. The rated endurance is 40TB. I'm asking about this SSD's high Block Erase Count. The SSD is 2.5 years old and is working as a boot drive only for the last 6 months. I have half the disk empty anyway.

The real point is....that drive can die at any moment. Just like every other storage device in existence.

You cannot predict, prevent, extend when it might 'die'.

Prepare for that day.

 

[thelastwinchester]

The real point is....that drive can die at any moment. Just like every other storage device in existence.

You cannot predict, prevent, extend when it might 'die'.

Prepare for that day.

Yes.

Is the Block Erase Count too high or not? Do you know anything about it.

 

[USAFRet]

Yes.

Is the Block Erase Count too high or not? Do you know anything about it.

The Block Erase Count is, AFAIK, how many times the average block on that SSD has been erased and written.

I do not know if that number for your drive is good, average, bad....

I DO know that the drive can die anyway, no matter if that particular value is great.

 

[thelastwinchester]

The Block Erase Count is, AFAIK, how many times the average block on that SSD has been erased and written.

I do not know if that number for your drive is good, average, bad....

I DO know that the drive can die anyway, no matter if that particular value is great.

From what I read TLC drives have 1000-3000 average block erase counts. This is what's worrying me.

 

[USAFRet]

Therein lies the question:

Do you want to preemptively replace this drive?
Or do you want to wait until it does fail, then replace it?
(said fail date may be far in the future. Or it may be this afternoon)

Either way, the same prep steps should be taken.

 

[thelastwinchester]

Therein lies the question:

Do you want to preemptively replace this drive?
Or do you want to wait until it does fail, then replace it?
(said fail date may be far in the future. Or it may be this afternoon)

Either way, the same prep steps should be taken.

I'm looking for concrete answers based on manufacturers estimation and others knowledge. I know hardware is fickle from experience and already have all the backups I need, all the time.

 

[USAFRet]

I'm looking for concrete answers based on manufacturers estimation and others knowledge. I know hardware is fickle from experience and already have all the backups I need, all the time.

There is no concrete.

A couple of years ago, if you had looked at the CrystalDiskInfo output of my 960GB SanDisk, 3 years old at the time, you would have estimated its remaining lifespan in years.
Later that day, however...dead dead dead.

November 2021, if you had looked at the CDI result of a 7 month old 14TB Toshiba Enterprise HDD, you would have said the same. Years and years to go.
One week later, however, and its at Toshiba for warranty replacement.


I'm just saying is software like CDI, SMART, and whatever else, is, at best, and indicator of 'going bad really soon'.
Not an indicator of 'It will last'.

 

[thelastwinchester]

There is no concrete.

A couple of years ago, if you had looked at the CrystalDiskInfo output of my 960GB SanDisk, 3 years old at the time, you would have estimated its remaining lifespan in years.
Later that day, however...dead dead dead.

November 2021, if you had looked at the CDI result of a 7 month old 14TB Toshiba Enterprise HDD, you would have said the same. Years and years to go.
One week later, however, and its at Toshiba for warranty replacement.


I'm just saying is software like CDI, SMART, and whatever else, is, at best, and indicator of 'going bad really soon'.
Not an indicator of 'It will last'.

I know. Leave it. That's not my question or concern. I want to know what this data set means. That's it.

 

[USAFRet]

The problem is, different manufacturers calculate and display those SMART values differently.
Along with software doing it differently.
CDI vs HWInfo, for instance.