Are Long tests Really Needed on SSD

Hello All,

I have been learning some about smartmontools and had a couple of
questions. I have a personal server running RAID 10 SSD (Intel 830 i
think). I am wondering are the long self tests really needed for SSD
drives? Is there any negative side effect regarding lifespan of the SSD for
these tests.

The configuration I have come up with is:

/dev/twa0 -d sat+megaraid,4 -H -l selftest -l error -s
(O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L../../5/01) -m [email protected]
/dev/twa0 -d sat+megaraid,5 -H -l selftest -l error -s
(O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L../../5/02) -m [email protected]
/dev/twa0 -d sat+megaraid,6 -H -l selftest -l error -s
(O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L../../5/03) -m [email protected]
/dev/twa0 -d sat+megaraid,7 -H -l selftest -l error -s
(O/../.././(00|06|12|18)|S/../.././01|L../../5/04) -m [email protected]

This look like a good setup if long tests are needed? While this is a
personal server it does have data on it I absolutely do not want to lose
and would like to be notified if at all possible of a incoming failure.


Thanks!

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