[Gllug] Determine usage/lifespan of disks

[Lucian]

On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:18 AM,  <jayeola at gmail.com> wrote:
> I remember reading somewhere that the lifetime of a typical usb key/disk is 2x10^6 writes.
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> Are there any tools out for me to see how many writes there have been to a disk? Would be nice to be able to see this for myself.
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not exactly what you asked for but could come in handy as well
http://www.nux.ro/archive/2010/11/hdsentinel___or_let_s_make_smartctl_reports_readable.html
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