I tried smartctl on my SSD with smartctl -l ssd /dev/sda and got: smartctl 6.0 2012-10-10 r3643 [x86_64-linux-3.1.10-1.19-desktop] (SUSE RPM) Copyright (C) 2002-12, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org Device Statistics (GP Log 0x04) Page Offset Size Value Description 7 ===== = = == Solid State Device Statistics (rev 1) == 7 0x008 1 34~ Percentage Used Endurance Indicator |_ ~ normalized value manpage says: "ssd - [SCSI] prints the Solid State Media percentage used endurance indicator. A value of 0 indicates as new condition while 100 indicates the device is at the end of its lifetime as projected by the manufacturer. The value may reach 255." How accurate is this? Does that mean, that 34% of the SSDs lifetime is already over? I do have /var with leafnode/usenet (lot of small files written) on that SSD but what I read on the net this shouldn't be a problem and approx. 2 years is not that much of lifetime. If that all is correct it would mean, that after another 4 years I have to exchange the SSD. ~6 years is that the normal lifespan of SSDs nowadays? Are there other tests for Linux which tell me more about the health of this SSD? best regards ME -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org