Method of managing a solid state drive, associated systems and implementations

A system, comprising:

• a solid state drive;
• and
• a status checking module, the status checking module configured to access status information on the solid state drive and determine a status state of the solid state drive based on the accessed status information, the status state being one of a good state, an intermediate state and a bad state, the intermediate state being a state between the good state and the bad state.

29-43. (canceled)