I got this SSD in a pile of junk (128GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
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How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
However it was at 100% 7 days ago so the performance hit is new.
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I’m also wondering what the SM841N official TBW rating is - hopefully being a drive with 20.60TB of data isn’t a concern on it’s own.
== Update ==
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I replaced the enclosure due to the poor quality of the previous enclosure I tried and it did fix the performance hit (and TRIM message) but the 82% health wear. See the above image:
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I suspect this is a 75TBW drive but I can’t verify that for sure, since it’s hard to trace the retail version of the drive down to make sure.
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (128GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
However it was at 100% 7 days ago so the performance hit is new.
[image|2304566]
I’m also wondering what the SM841N official TBW rating is - hopefully being a drive with 20.60TB of data isn’t a concern on it’s own.
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== Update ==
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I replaced the enclosure due to the poor quality of the previous enclosure I tried and it did fix the performance hit (and TRIM message) but the 82% health wear. See the above image:
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (128GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
However it was at 100% 7 days ago so the performance hit is new.
[image|2304566]
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I’m also wondering what the SM841N official TBW rating is - hopefully being a drive with 20.60TB of data isn’t a concern on it’s own.
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (128GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
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However it was at 100% 7 days ago so the performance hit is new.
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (12GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
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I got this SSD in a pile of junk (128GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
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I got this SSD in a pile of junk (12GB mSATA SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.
I got this SSD in a pile of junk (SM841N) and while it works, it was at 88% when I got it - not ideal as a “production” drive, but I threw it in an enclosure and turned it into a music SSD. However, it has taken a sudden 7% lifetime hit at some point in the time I’ve used it as a music SSD.
[image|2304513]
How much life is this SSD likely have as a real world estimate, or am I better off dumping it now and moving onto a 256GB class SSD? As far as the security of my CD rips I do have a primary SSD with WAV and FLAC files on it, so if this does drop dead they exist elsewhere.