You can then execute a self-test by doing either a short test (which took me about 1 minute): # smartctl -t short -a /dev/sda You need to enable that by executing the following as root: # smartctl -s on -a /dev/sda SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability. However when I execute the command to show the drive info, it looks like SMART was disabled: # smartctl -a /dev/sda Similar to this answer execute # apt-get install smartmontools I did not find another tool for linux that made the 'correct' information transparent or clear.įor Kingston drives on Debian-based computers Instead of telling you it 'doesn't know' - smartctl just mislabeled the attribute. Perhaps it will improve in the future, but the version installed by default for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (April, 2014) was total fail. The so-what: If you don't have an Intel SSD- do not be mislead by the false attribute name labels provided by smartmonitor. see the attribute label chart on for the only useful indication of the degree of variability that I found. ( Samsung: I'm very disappointed, please either fix your official software-tool, or at least make it clear that you do not provide wear out indication information!)įurther - if you have neither an Intel SSD nor Samsung SSD - be warned, this info does seem to vary across manufacturers. The document indeed implies that the attribute 'hex E9' /'decimal '233' is not used by Samsung the same way. To be as sure as I can, I dug and dug and was finally able to locate at least something from Samsung official: Samsung White Paper 07: Communicating With Your SSD By contrast the smartctl tool explicitly labeled the attribute with 'decimal- 233 / 'hex- E9' as "Media Wearout Indicator" - and told me its value was "1" or 1% - an indicator of (the risk of) pending failure. This and other forum postings, stack-exchange question/answers, and power-user blogs I found seem to be 'Intel focused,' with only vague hints that 'it may vary.' (Versus any suggestion that you need to watch out for wrong and erroneous labeling of the attribute by smartmontools).Īs I was preparing to copy my SSD to a new harddrive I'd bought (because of what smartmontools had told me), I booted to windows (I have a dual boot system), to learn something about SSD's from what the windows-only Samsung tool 'Samsung_Magician_v43.exe' had to tell me about my drive - it was shockingly uninformative.Īfter what's been hours of digging - I've finally been able to run the windows only tools: hddgaurdian, and then also CrystalDiskInfo: Surprise! both tools independently tell me my Samsung SSD is 'just fine' (hdd guardian says '5 stars' and Crystal Disk "98% OK"). Watch out !! - I was blithely mislead by 'smartmontools.' I have a Samsung SSD, and the smartmonitor/'smartctl' tool happily misreported that '233' (hex 'E9') attribute was 'Media_Wearout_Indicator' in fact - no, for Samsung (and other manufacturers) it is up to entirely different. You can download Samsung Magician version 6.1 from here.If you don't have an Intel-brand SSD: READ THIS. It has an intuitive user interface which provides information about drive health and other metrics through easy to understand graphs and charts. Five major updates have been released for the software since. The software also brings some limited features for other storage drives like portable SSDs and hard disk drives.įor those who are unaware, the Samsung Magician software was launched in 2012 to provide an advanced suite of tools to SSD owners. This latest version is backwards compatible with all of Samsung’s consumer SSDs, starting from the 470 Series all the way to the latest 970 EVO Plus. Those using version 5.1 or below won’t get a notification, they will need to manually download version 6.1.ĭo keep in mind that older versions of Samsung Magician will be erased from your computer when the new version is installed. Those who are using version 5.1 and above of the software will get a push notification to download the latest version. The company recommends users to update to version 6.1 of Samsung Magician as soon as possible. Samsung dropping support for older versions of Samsung Magician In Samsung’s own words, this software is “an essential service for keeping drives running smoothly and securely.” It’s important to get this latest version as the company is dropping support for older versions of Samsung Magician on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Magician allows users to keep an eye on the drive health, manage and protect their data as well as improve the performance of the drive. Samsung Magician is the software that’s used to optimize the company’s solid state drives (SSDs). Samsung today released version 6.1 of its Magician software.
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