bikeman25 Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 My SSD Life according to Western Digital Dashboard is at 91 percent is that anything to worry on as yet? is it cause I do too many clean installs every 6 months? my first SSD drive that I've used, so little unsure if its fine or if I should get money ready to spring for a Samsung SSD and redo my system install one time on the Samsung SSD, or just keep using the Western Digital Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) I wouldn't worry about it, BUT I would set some money aside "just in case" it craps out... I reinstall Linux distros every 4-6 months. So, I don't see any mass failures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Ok sets the money aside for just in case then, hopefully all continues to run fine. I usually clean install on each Windows 10 Feature update, maybe don't have to, but force of habit every 6 months lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2018 TBH, that is a good habit. It keeps your system clean. Not temp files accumulating over 6 years. And everything you ever installed too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceelf Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 SSD failure is much less common these days. I'd probably end up with a second SSD to take some traffic off it, but not bother reinstalling to the new one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim K Global Moderator Posted October 19, 2018 Global Moderator Share Posted October 19, 2018 I wouldn't worry about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidosho Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 (edited) The SSD in my server has been in 2 years and is currently 94% health with 16TB total data written. As long as the number of bad sectors stays at 0, you're good. It's just the wear leveling algorithm that makes sure all the flash cells are evenly worn. I use HD Sentinel Pro, cracking bit of software, and I always know if any of my drives are developing issues before they get too bad, it sits in the tray and shows me temperature, total power on time in days and hours, total bytes written, and health, as well as other awesome geeky stuff. I can even run surface tests (or tests on flash cells in case of SSD) to check for surface/cell errors normally only shown up during offline self tests, which in an under load system rarely run unless done manually The health in an SSD does decrease naturally due to the wear leveling and the Total Bytes Written (for my SSD it's about 65TB maximum allowed, and sits now at 16TB, so it has a few years yet, even 24/7), but it doesn't mean it is dying. As long as you keep an eye on spare sectors, reallocated sectors etc, you're good. Jim K 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted October 19, 2018 Author Share Posted October 19, 2018 Oh Ok Thank you for that info there, and yes the smart details shows bad sectors at 0, wear level 9.62 percent according to Western Digital Dashboard, so think i'm ok still, just got a bit worried over nothing again, but common for me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidosho Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 2 hours ago, bikeman25 said: Oh Ok Thank you for that info there, and yes the smart details shows bad sectors at 0, wear level 9.62 percent according to Western Digital Dashboard, so think i'm ok still, just got a bit worried over nothing again, but common for me You're not paranoid, it happens more than you think. A standard HDD can run for years at 100%, so it scares people when they switch to SSD and see it dropping so soon. You're perfectly normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odom Member Posted October 23, 2018 Member Share Posted October 23, 2018 On 10/19/2018 at 5:05 PM, bikeman25 said: My SSD Life according to Western Digital Dashboard is at 91 percent is that anything to worry on as yet? is it cause I do too many clean installs every 6 months? my first SSD drive that I've used, so little unsure if its fine or if I should get money ready to spring for a Samsung SSD and redo my system install one time on the Samsung SSD, or just keep using the Western Digital That percentage is pretty useless unless you also state how long you have the drive for. If you have it for a few weeks, then it isn't good, if a year or longer, then it might be normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Had this Western digital Blue 250GB SSD since February 2016 originally used in my AMD FX System, then transferred to my new Intel I7 7700 G11CD-K Desktop when I got this machine September 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mindovermaster Moderator Posted October 23, 2018 Moderator Share Posted October 23, 2018 Like said above, don't worry about it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bikeman25 Posted October 23, 2018 Author Share Posted October 23, 2018 Yeah not gonna now, just was answering that reply earlier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odom Member Posted October 25, 2018 Member Share Posted October 25, 2018 On 10/23/2018 at 7:35 PM, bikeman25 said: Had this Western digital Blue 250GB SSD since February 2016 originally used in my AMD FX System, then transferred to my new Intel I7 7700 G11CD-K Desktop when I got this machine September 2017 In that case don't worry about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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