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:

>
> 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 leveling tech.  There were firmware
> issues with the 980 and linux, and now this, perhaps time to move on.
>
> -mb
>
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