The Wanderer wrote: > So... as the Subject asks, should I be worried? How do I interpret these > results, and at what point do they start to reflect something to take > action over? If there is not reason to be worried, what *do* these > alerts indicate, and at what point *should* I start to be worried about > them? > > I already *am* worried, to the point of having heartburn and difficulty > sleeping over the possibility of data loss (there's enough on here that > external backup would be somewhat difficult to arrange), but I'm not > sure whether or not that is warranted.
YES. Backup ASAP. 2TB and 4TB Samsung 870 EVO disks produced before November 2022 have this as a known failure mode. > Model Family: Samsung based SSDs > Device Model: Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB > Serial Number: S620NJ0R410888A These may or may not be under warranty, depending on when you purchased them and from whom. Assume Samsung will take a long time, no matter what. -dsr-
