Simulation Software can shorten the lifespan of a SSD?

[Mchiena]

So, I have a msi GT62VR 6re since mid 2017, and as an engineering student I have run a lot of simulations both on the hard drive and the ssd. Since there was a performance gap, most of the long term simulations I set to run on the ssd. Last week my drive died a few years short of what I expected it to. Could it be that I overused the read/write cicles or is it just bad luck on  the silicon?

 

It was a Samsung 256gb m.2 sata, if useful.

 

Tldr: Ssd died years prior to expected. Could it be due to simulations running on it?

[minibois]

A drive has a certain number of GB/TB that can be written to the cells before it dies. Not sure what those simulations  do exactly, but if it is a lot of write cycles it could surely have an impact on the lifespan.

[porina]

Is it possible to talk to the drive at all? If so, you might be able to tell what happened from the SMART data which includes wear indication.

 

I have had two SSDs die suddenly for reasons not related to endurance. It happens.

[Mchiena]

3 hours ago, porina said:

Is it possible to talk to the drive at all? If so, you might be able to tell what happened from the SMART data which includes wear indication.

 

I have had two SSDs die suddenly for reasons not related to endurance. It happens.

BIOS recognises the drive and the windows repair tool tries to repair but ends in some loop that goes nowhere.

 

Got another drive and will get linux on this drive to further diagnose.

 

What is this SMART data you speak from? Seems useful.

 

Tyvm

[Mchiena]

3 hours ago, minibois said:

A drive has a certain number of GB/TB that can be written to the cells before it dies. Not sure what those simulations  do exactly, but if it is a lot of write cycles it could surely have an impact on the lifespan.

Mainly some CFD stuff... But seems accurate, read writes were above 50gb per iteration for few years!

 

Tyvm for the confirmation!

[porina]

1 minute ago, Mchiena said:

What is this SMART data you speak from? Seems useful.

Modern disks can report a bunch of data on their operating condition. Looking at that might show why the disk doesn't work, assuming you can talk to it at all. For Windows, you can use Crystal Disk Info. There is many software that can read it so other options are available.