Tim wrote: >>> Depending on the method, that would be more wearing on the drive.
>> Though I wonder how significant it would be. Joe Average: > NVMe: Samsung 980 PRO > bought: 17.12.2021 > initial used in my Desktop until 28.07.2023, now in an second box with less > use > > secure erased: > März 2024 Samsung Magician for use in the second box > Juli 2023 Samsung Magician > Sept 2022 über Asus Bios > > smart: > SMART/Health Information (NVMe Log 0x02, NSID 0xffffffff) > ... > Available Spare: 100% > Available Spare Threshold: 10% > > Percentage Used: 1% <==== since Jun 2023 > ... > Data Units Written: 15.493.878 [7,93 TB] > ... > > got another one: Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB > - bought 28.07.2023 > - daily use > - one time secure erased 2 weeks ago (Fedora 43 install) > > smart: > Percentage Used: 0% > ... > Data Units Written: 11.064.802 [5,66 TB] > > seems the 1 TB is somewhat better than the 500 GB NVMe Hmm, I wonder what the amount of rounding errors we'd be looking at with such small percentage points, and such large drives. And wonder if they tell you which secure erase method they use? For some secure erase functions, everything's stored on the drive is using some form of encryption, internally, as that's just how that drive works, and simply deleting the encryption key and generating another erases the drive contents. I'd say that form would have little effect on drive life different from normal use. For more secure erase protocols, they overwrite the drive contents, too with different choices for how much, and what with). They would add to drive wearout. But again, may not be significant to the average user if it's just a once in a blue moon thing they do. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
