Luckily, there are a few ways to monitor your SSD’s health using SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) built into storage devices and software utilities that interface with it.

We are slowly witnessing the rise of the solid-state drive (SSD) as it overtakes the traditional hard drive on the market. Prices are falling across the board, and several manufacturers prioritize ...

SSDs have replaced hard drives as the de facto standard for most use cases, but they're not perfect. Unlike hard drives, SSDs have a fixed lifespan due to the nature of flash storage. This lifespan is ...

Ever since late last year, a growing number of concerns have been raised surrounding the overall durability of the Samsung 990 PRO SSD. – Representing one of the faster (if not fastest) solid state ...

It looks like some owners of M1 powered Macs are having issues with the health of their SSDs or at least the health reading of the devices. There are a number of reports of users having these issues ...

Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 20226 adds a nifty feature to the operating system: SSD health warnings. This kind of forewarning could save end users a lot of heartache -- SSDs may not have the ...

B-Eng (www.b-eng.ch) has released SSD Health Check for MVNe, an update to their solid state hard drive utility for macOS. SSD Health Check for MVNe delivers data and insights for MVNe Solid State ...

TL;DR: Dockcase introduces the Smart USB-C Hub 7-in-1 with an M.2 SSD, designed for creators needing extra USB ports and data backup. It features a touchscreen that can be used for SSD health ...

Seesaw has returned to Kickstarter this week to launch their new M.2 NVMe SSD enclosure in the form of the Dockcase. The smart enclosure is equipped with a color display allowing users to quickly see ...

Over the past week, some M1 Mac users have been reporting alarming SSD health readings, suggesting that these devices are writing extraordinary amounts of data to their drives (via iMore). Flash ...

Most SSDs have their own software that can be used to monitor and manage SSD health. For example there is Samsung's Magician, and then the the Crucial Storage Executive for Crucial SSDs. These tools ...