[ltp] Thinkpad X301 SSD upgrade
Bjørn Mork
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 01 Mar 2013 12:08:18 +0100
heinz-iss-cool@gmx.de writes:
> Hi Bjørn,
>
> thank you so much for this hands on experience and information.
> I'm in the very same situation, X301, 4 yrs old. I plan upgrading the SSD=
for quite long time, and was never sure, what to do. I think your solution is very convincing.
>
> Let me please ask you two more questions:
> 1. What kind of adapter did you use? Brand, model, etc.
Lycom ST-170m
http://www.lycom.com.tw/ST-170m.htm
Used this one only because it was the one I could order from the shop my
employer require me to use. The adapter is really low-tech, so I don't
think it matters much. Should be pretty safe to get one off eBay as
well (but I would never buy a SSD there... Too many fakes).
> 2. How do you find out about Media_Wearout? Im on Linux x86 with tp_smapi
smartctl -a will tell you this and lots of other SMART attributes.
My old SSD:
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-05 r3561 [x86_64-linux-3.8.0-rc5] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: SAMSUNG MMCQE28G8MUP-0VA
Serial Number: SE838B4464
Firmware Version: VAM0DL1Q
User Capacity: 128,035,676,160 bytes [128 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 7
ATA Standard is: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1
Local Time is: Thu Jan 31 09:50:12 2013 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x02) Offline data collection activity
was completed without error.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 360) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x5b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Suspend Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
No Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 6) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 36) minutes.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 1
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 097 097 000 Old_age Always - 11092
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 094 094 000 Old_age Always - 5377
175 Program_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0032 099 099 011 Old_age Always - 1
176 Erase_Fail_Count_Chip 0x0032 100 100 011 Old_age Always - 0
177 Wear_Leveling_Count 0x0013 099 099 023 Pre-fail Always - 620
178 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Chip 0x0013 068 068 011 Pre-fail Always - 39
179 Used_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 097 097 010 Pre-fail Always - 85
180 Unused_Rsvd_Blk_Cnt_Tot 0x0013 097 097 010 Pre-fail Always - 3819
181 Program_Fail_Cnt_Total 0x0032 099 099 010 Old_age Always - 1
182 Erase_Fail_Count_Total 0x0032 100 100 010 Old_age Always - 0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0013 099 099 010 Pre-fail Always - 1
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0033 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 0
195 Hardware_ECC_Recovered 0x001a 200 200 000 Old_age Always - 0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable 0x0030 100 100 000 Old_age Offline - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x003e 253 253 000 Old_age Always - 0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x003a 001 001 000 Old_age Always - 1782301
234 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
235 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
236 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 677
237 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 099 099 000 Old_age Always - 1015
238 Unknown_Attribute 0x0012 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 10691 -
# 2 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 10110 -
# 3 Extended offline Interrupted (host reset) 80% 10054 -
# 4 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 7960 -
# 5 Extended offline Completed without error 00% 5200 -
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.
New SSD:
smartctl 5.43 2012-06-05 r3561 [x86_64-linux-3.8.0] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-12 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Device Model: INTEL SSDMCEAC240B3
Serial Number: CVLI3013000E240G
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001517 803d81fd1
Firmware Version: LLKi
User Capacity: 240,057,409,536 bytes [240 GB]
Sector Size: 512 bytes logical/physical
Device is: Not in smartctl database [for details use: -P showall]
ATA Version is: 8
ATA Standard is: ACS-2 (unknown minor revision code: 0xffff)
Local Time is: Mon Feb 25 17:46:07 2013 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED
General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status: (0x00) Offline data collection activity
was never started.
Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status: ( 0) The previous self-test routine completed
without error or no self-test has ever
been run.
Total time to complete Offline
data collection: ( 5860) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: (0x7f) SMART execute Offline immediate.
Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
Abort Offline collection upon new
command.
Offline surface scan supported.
Self-test supported.
Conveyance Self-test supported.
Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities: (0x0003) Saves SMART data before entering
power-saving mode.
Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability: (0x01) Error logging supported.
General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 48) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: ( 2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: (0x0021) SCT Status supported.
SCT Data Table supported.
SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME FLAG VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE UPDATED WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
9 Power_On_Hours 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 2 (5 180 0)
12 Power_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 4
170 Unknown_Attribute 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
171 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
172 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
174 Unknown_Attribute 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
183 Runtime_Bad_Block 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
184 End-to-End_Error 0x0033 100 100 090 Pre-fail Always - 0
187 Reported_Uncorrect 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022 052 082 000 Old_age Always - 52 (Min/Max 26/82)
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
225 Load_Cycle_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3420
226 Load-in_Time 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65535
227 Torq-amp_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 1
228 Power-off_Retract_Count 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 65535
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033 100 100 010 Pre-fail Always - 0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 0
241 Total_LBAs_Written 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 3420
242 Total_LBAs_Read 0x0032 100 100 000 Old_age Always - 39
249 Unknown_Attribute 0x0013 100 100 000 Pre-fail Always - 85
SMART Error Log not supported
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged. [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]
Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SPAN MIN_LBA MAX_LBA CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
1 0 0 Not_testing
2 0 0 Not_testing
3 0 0 Not_testing
4 0 0 Not_testing
5 0 0 Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.