S.M.A.R.T. for Flash Drives – Is It Available?

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There's a technology called S.M.A.R.T. that tells you when a HDD is about to go bad. Is there a similar technology for SSD/Thumbdrives?

Best Answer

SSD drives do support SMART, according to this ServerFault post.

USB thumbdrives may use cheaper memory controllers that do not support SMART, however. It depends largely on the manufacturer and their component choices.

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