Don’t buy another Samsung. Get a Western Digital.
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Curious, have you personally had Samsung SSD’s fail?
No … just saying try another brand. Ive used mainly Western Digital.
Ah I see. I have no issue with Western Digital 
Samsung though, do have a stellar reputation when it comes to SSDs. I’ve used them more than any other brand of SSD over the years and haven’t had a single failure, despite encountering failures in other lesser used brands (Intel, OCZ).
For what it’s worth, I’m not using Samsung in my current PC or laptop.
The Samsung featured in this thread was second hand, likely over a decade old, a more generic model (not an Evo or Pro) and very well used. All of those things likely contributed to its current demise.
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Yes, I’ve used Western Digital also without any problems. I have not used Samsung and not saying they aren’t any good. It’s more of just try something else.
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had WD blue platters most of my computing life. but read so-so stuff about their foray into SSDs…I guess, ironically, in comparison to Samsung and others
accurate. but still…I’ve had HDDs that were over 20 years old. I LOVE that SSDs are faster but no one on this planet, yet, can convince me SSDs are as durable.
I left platter (HDD) life behind about 4 years ago. I think at the end of the day people go with whatever has not bit them in the arse. In a way, these non-scientific decisions are probably more accurate 
. Crucial ain’t bit me.
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I think you’ve summed it up well 
A fair point, as I’m sure you know, SSD’s unlike mechanical HDD’s, have finite amount of writes available to them. But, they do each have different advantages in terms of durability. SSD’s are less prone to shock damage, or physical faults for example.
It’s also worth considering that the size of an SSD often directly correlates to its total lifetime writes. A 256GB SSD can write twice as much data over its lifetime than a 128GB SSD of the same technology. That perhaps seems obvious, as there’s twice as much storage, but if the amount of data you’re putting on it is the same either way, you’ve effectively doubled the lifespan by getting the larger drive.
This is attributed to the way SSD’s cycle their writes across the media to balance wear.
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At this moment of time I cannot say with any definite confidence what is the definition of a full write cycle, i.e. Media_Wearout_Indicator.
Maybe the SMART specification does not define a common way to determine a write cycle. It leaves it to individual SSD manufacturers to come up with these parameters and how to measure them. Maybe because each drive uses a different SSD controllers it cannot be defined uniformly for all the drives. Maybe a Media_Wearout_Indicator defines when the spare capacity is filled up by writes or when the drive is flushed/trimmed. This is a matter of conjuncture.
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All i can say is I’ve had western digital and i beat the hell out of my drives constantly. I haven’t had any issues but one day … one may fail. 
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Samsung is a great brand, never failed me once. I changed all my memories from my main notebook to samsungs and i changed the nvme disks too also to samsungs 990 pro’s.
I use the western digital Black nvme. The samsungs were always more expensive and the 980 and 990 run hotter. I am using the western digital blue ssd.
Actually right now the Samsung 990 pro 2TB is cheaper than the Western Digital Black SN850X by over $200. I’m shocked as i haven’t looked at this stuff for a while. Prices are way up probably 3x minimum.
Edit: I don’t think I could even afford to build a new tower now with some of the prices i see.
The prices are insane these days, with that i do agree. Back in 2023 i bought 2 Samsung 990 pro’s 4TB for the price €498 euros. These days 1 single card already costs that.
That said, i don’t experience any heat on the drives when i just surf the internet or do normal tasks. The temps are between 25c and 38c (depends on room temperature). When i game i use coolerboost on my notebook, the cpu/gpu gets maximal cooling and it takes some heat from the nvme drives that has the game installed on it.
When i dont use coolerboost during gaming the nvme drives are hitting 59c (also game depending).
I also tried to use some pads on the nvme drives for testing, the temps increased with 10c idle so i took those off.
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SSD coming in mail today. will test shortly:
GOAL: Path of least resistance: clone Endeavour Cinnamon to new SSD.
Wise? Unwise? Opinions?
thanks
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Are you cloning it because you want to save all the setup you have? Me … is easier to just reinstall. 2 minutes!
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Rick tbh it was just to save what I had. I was also wondering if dying drive would necessarily effect/infect the OS so cloning would be unwise?
I really couldn’t say. I just know that i can install very fast and i don’t usually have any elaborate set up so it’s just easy for me to reinstall.
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Leaning that way. I prefer fresh.
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Either option would be ok I think @drunkenvicar, but a fresh install does give you the option of being selective about what configurations you choose to restore from backup. A clone on the other hand comes with all the old baggage.
I always use the live installer. I wonder if I can choose Cinnamon with Openbox on the side?
PS: also– so a corrupt, dying drive won’t necessarily corrupt the OS in it?
Ah I see. Sorry yeah my comment was probably more general in nature.
In your situation, I’d caution that it could corrupt the OS, as the drive is reporting that the parity checks are failing (data at source and destination don’t match). So maybe rule out cloning.
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