SSD reliability

[J. Paul Bissonnette]

On Tue, 19 Jul 2022 13:24:44 +0200
ggravier at fsfe.org wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> On 18/07/2022 23:27, MR ZenWiz wrote:
> > I've been having a nightmare on my main desktop since last night.
> >
> > I replaced my /home hard disk drive with a Patriot P210 2Tb SSD back
> > in April of this year (might have posted about it here - don't
> > recall).
> 
> Looks like the disk is recent enough to be on warranty. I don't know 
> what Patriot's approach is... but I wouldn't bother trying anything
> else than contacting their support, describing your problem. If they
> are anything near what Seagate or WD do... they'll send you a
> replacement disk and request you send the old one to them in return
> (maybe in advance).
> 
> Don't wait until you've permanently lost critical data... Get a new
> disk.
> 
> Gilles
> 
> 

Can you due a smartmon test on the desk?
Short: sudo smartctl -t short /dev/sdX
or
Long: sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sdX