Kingston SSD Manager

SMART reporting is not standardized for SATA SSDs.To monitor SSD life-remaining and check the SMART status of their drives, the majority of drive manufacturers have developed their own tools.

Although drive manufacturers approach SMART monitoring in different ways, they typically measure similar performance and reliability characteristics.NVMe SSDs use standardized SMART reporting.Manufacturers, on the other hand, have the option of adding vendor-specific log pages containing additional proprietary data to the minimal data that has been defined.

The Kingston SSD Manager (KSM) application can be used to monitor SSDs manufactured by Kingston Technology.It lets users keep an eye on and control a variety of aspects of their Kingston solid-state drive.The Kingston SSD Manager application can: