This has bothered me for some time...according to Samsung my 500GB SSD TBW (Terabytes Written) is 2400 and has a 5 year warranty.
This SSD is nearly 5 years old...so how many Terabytes has it written ? The answer is simple and easy to work out...those who are scared of the Terminal look away now.
We need this “smartctl” tool installed and this web site...
https://dannyda.com/2020/09/06/how-to-convert-smart-attribute-241-total_lbas_written-to-mb-gb-tb-pb/
First run this command
Now run this command...
Now copy the LBAs number in to Input and hit Enter.
Output/Results will show all information...including...Total Bytes Written (TB).
In my case it's 22.97 TB...still have a long way to go to 2400 TBW but that doesn't mean the SSD won't fail before then either...fingers crossed.
This SSD is nearly 5 years old...so how many Terabytes has it written ? The answer is simple and easy to work out...those who are scared of the Terminal look away now.
We need this “smartctl” tool installed and this web site...
https://dannyda.com/2020/09/06/how-to-convert-smart-attribute-241-total_lbas_written-to-mb-gb-tb-pb/
First run this command
Code:
sudo smartctl /dev/sda --all |grep "Sector Size"
Now run this command...
Code:
sudo smartctl /dev/sda --all | grep Total_LBAs_Written
Now copy the LBAs number in to Input and hit Enter.
Output/Results will show all information...including...Total Bytes Written (TB).
In my case it's 22.97 TB...still have a long way to go to 2400 TBW but that doesn't mean the SSD won't fail before then either...fingers crossed.