Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
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Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
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Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#2I wasn't aware the 980 Pro 2TB was also affected; I have four of those in a new machine I put together last year.
Time to install some bloatware and see about updating their firmwares, I guess...
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#3There is always the possibility that their S.M.A.R.T. implementation is borked...
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#4Would like to know more. Were failures in the field from wear-out or sudden death? Are the health indicators losing 1% per week consistent with the datasheet TBW, or worse?
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#5I installed 2 x 980 Pro 2Tb in a laptop in Nov 2022. Running a daily Robocopy bat script to backup a folder in C: to D: would freeze a couple of times a week and lock the D: drive. After reboot, a drive check would find no errors and everything would work as normal. I've used the same script for years with no issues.
Since the firmware update last week Robocopy has not frozen the drive at all this week.
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#6I really want to see ssd manufacturers offer a decent warranty...
This drive costs $100, and will last 10 years or until 100TB has been written to it, as long as you keep it within the specified temperature/humidity/power conditions.
If it fails to do that, we will return $1000 to you.
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#7I have this exact model, 980 Pro 2TB.
It says to update firmware, but how can you do that from Linux? The instructions are all about some Windows program. Thanks!
EDIT: I'm quite happy with the warning from this article, fixed a potential future problem!
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#8I installed 2 x 980 Pro 2Tb in a laptop in Nov 2022. Running a daily Robocopy bat script to backup a folder in C: to D: would freeze a couple of times a week and lock the D: drive. After reboot, a drive check would find no errors and everything would work as normal. I've used the same script for years with no issues. Since the firmware update last week Robocopy has not frozen the drive at all this week.
Could you provide that batch script please? Like in a GitHub Gist or something similar.
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#9I installed 2 x 980 Pro 2Tb in a laptop in Nov 2022. Running a daily Robocopy bat script to backup a folder in C: to D: would freeze a couple of times a week and lock the D: drive. After reboot, a drive check would find no errors and everything would work as normal. I've used the same script for years with no issues. Since the firmware update last week Robocopy has not frozen the drive at all this week.
Could you provide that batch script please? Like in a GitHub Gist or something similar.
Sure...
@echo off
pause
robocopy "C:\Users\o\Desktop\2023" "D:\2023" /e /mir /np /v /tee /r:0 /w:0 /log+:"C:\Users\o\Desktop\log_robocopy.txt"
pause
@echo on
Re: Update on Samsung SSD Reliability
#10I have this exact model, 980 Pro 2TB. It says to update firmware, but how can you do that from Linux? The instructions are all about some Windows program. Thanks! EDIT: I'm quite happy with the warning from this article, fixed a potential future problem!
From TFA it's not just the 980 Pro 2 TB but also all the newer 990, so it's problematic.