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How to measure GB/day?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

The datasheet for Intel's X25-M SSD states that it should last at least 5 years when written to 20 GB/day. Can anybody recommend a Windows software that can actually measure how much raw data gets written to the disk? I'm not really that worried about the endurance of my SSD, but I'm hopelessly curious.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

In intel SSD toolbox, check smart atributes, theres a atribute called host writes, here it reads 629 GB and my drive has +- 30 days.

629/30 = 20,9 GB.... lol on the spot, i guess it will be a bit less than 5 years for me lol

Now I need a better excuse to buy a new one in the next 2 years.

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idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Seems like the toolbox is no longer available to prevent further damage....

the choice of paying a little more for G1 SSD does pay off now.....

but I can't measure my SSD lifespan now....does it work when it's connected via Adaptec storage controller?

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

I checked my smart in the toolbox:

Power on hours 2671

Power cycle count 295

Unsafe shutdown count 281 ????? ( must be wrong i always shut compu down normally, might have to do with fact i disconnect power every night)

Host writes 3.81 Tb

so my hourly host writes are 3.810/2671 = 1.426 Gb / hour on 10 hour day this is 14.26 Gb so i should be ok.

I do however have the famous freeze problem again, but this is a diff story.

idata
Esteemed Contributor III

Is the toolbox back to normal? I can't download them yet.....