don't just trust the drive's SMART attributes - try to independently confirm when and how the drive is failing techreport did a long-term experiment on this (b

don't just trust the drive's SMART attributes - try to independently confirm when and how the drive is failing techreport did a long-term experiment on this (but with limited samples): https://techreport.com/review/27062/the-ssd-endurance-experiment-only-two-remain-after-1-5pb https://techreport.com/review/27062/the-ssd-endurance-experi...