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ATA error count increased / failing ssd?
So, being annoyed with the constraints of a "fixed" disk layout on my desktop, the other day I decided to migrate my / and /home to a LVM based configuration. A part of this process I did an ...
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How to generate daily report of total bytes written (TBW,DWPD) to disk (SSD) in Linux
What is the best way to get the correct value of total bytes written to disk per day?
My goal is to log it over time, so as an admin you can gain some sense of activity on a Linux Server and have a ...
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Interpret the output of smartctl for SSD and hard drive
I have dropped my external hard drive on the floor recently and wanted to know if the electronic parts and mechanical parts were damaged. I have no idea how to find this out from the output of ...
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What are these three numbers in parenthesis next to "Power_On_Hours" in `smartctl -a` output?
Sometimes the output of the smartctl -a command shows three numbers separated by spaces in parenthesis after the value of Power_On_Hours. This can be seen in multiple previously asked questions here:
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smarctl - SSD dying due to age? other hardware fault causing SSD failure?
Trying to interpret the smartctl output from an SSD to understand if this SSD errors are a result of age or possibly other hardware errors causing the disk to fail?
Those of you who understand ...
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KVM: how do I access information on the underlying SSD?
I have a small number of VMs in a datacenter, which run on SSDs. I'd like to get some information on the SSD for status reports (ideally, a wear level/percentage used), and to get some idea of whether ...
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SMART test fixed itself after a few runs
I found something bizarre to me:
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Short offline ...
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smartctl Power_Cycle_Count on new SSD
After one power cycle on my system and one smartctl long test, my Samsung EVO 1T SSD :
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
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How to evaluate the wear level of a NVMe SSD?
I have a laptop with NVMe SSD:
# nvme list
Node SN Model Namespace Usage Format FW Rev
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Smartclt doesn't show Power_on_hours
I have bought used ssd msata disk to check whether it will work with my notebook. I have also tested smartclt values to get info about worked hours. There is no Power_on_hours entry. I have tried --...
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Clear read error on SSD
My SSD gives this:
$ smartctl -a /dev/sdg
smartctl 7.1 2019-12-30 r5022 [x86_64-linux-5.4.0-67-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-19, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
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How do I prevent the Unsafe Shutdowns reported by smartclt?
Based on a suggestion by eblock, I have run smartctl several times for the last few days to check for issues. Below, as an example, is the output of sudo smartctl -a /dev/nvme0n1p2:
smartctl 7.0 2019-...
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smartctl/S.M.A.R.T usb pass-through for Patriot PXD?
I have a NVMe USB ssd
ID 13fe:2570 Kingston Technology Company Inc. Patriot Memory
It has Unknown USB bridge [0x13fe:0x2570 (0x5204)]. Does anyone know what is the correct parameter for smartctl -d ? ...
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SSD failed command: FLUSH CACHE EXT
I have a fairly new SSD (516 Power on hours according to SMART) which fails to boot. Windows is installed on the SSD which can't boot (since an update) The disk can't written from an Arch Linux USB ...
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smartctl -a /dev/sda shows errors on brand new SSD
I have just installed brand new SSD into my laptop, and I see smartctl -a /dev/sda is showing errors already
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with ...
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