[Smartmontools-database] long self test for SSD

serando serando at sunrise.ch
Sat Nov 5 14:22:40 CET 2022


Hello,

I want to apply the command "sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sdx" to make a 
long self test applied to a SSD.

Question: Does this test write data to the SSD?
If yes: Then I think I do not want to test my SSD. Because, this would 
shorten the lifetime of my SSD.
Am I right?

So the command "sudo smartctl -t long /dev/sdx" actually is more for HDDs?

Would appreciate some answer. Thank you.


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