Accelerating program-erase cycles on memory devices

At least one non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a fast-cycling start command to initiate a fast-cycling mode for a set of memory devices, the fast-cycling mode accelerating program-erase counts (PECs) of memory blocks to an end-of-life (EOL) condition, the EOL condition comprising a threshold number of PECs;
• in response to receiving the fast-cycling start command, enabling a standalone mode for an individual memory device of the set of memory devices that prevents the individual memory device from servicing host input/output requests;
• and
• executing fast-cycling operations on the individual memory device until the EOL condition is satisfied.

A method comprising:

• receiving a fast-cycling start command to initiate a fast-cycling mode for a set of memory devices, the fast-cycling mode accelerating program-erase counts (PECs) of memory blocks to an end-of-life (EOL) condition, the EOL condition comprising a threshold number of PECs;
• in response to receiving the fast-cycling start command, enabling a standalone mode for an individual memory device of the set of memory devices that prevents the individual memory device from servicing host input/output requests;
• and
• executing fast-cycling operations on the individual memory device until the EOL condition is satisfied.