Posted by jpluimers on 2021/10/15
Various storage providers have had overflow issues in their storage firmware , so be sure to apply firmware updates.
Example (that includes HPE and Intel failures): [WayBack] Bepaalde HPE-sas-ssd’s gaan kapot na 32.768 uur – Computer – Nieuws – Tweakers.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2021/09/16
I had trouble with two Intel 600p NVMe SSD devices: read-errors.
It appeared only few tools understand how to get S.M.A.R.T. health information from them, and even then they did not explain the read errors.
I’m going to RMA them, but in case anyone else needs to get health information from NVMe SSD devices, here is which tools do what:
smartctl 6.6 2017-11-05 r4594 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-w10-b19043] (sf-6.6-1) Copyright (C) 2002-17, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
smartctl) supports reading health data on Windows 10 via the Microsoft NVMe drivers (see [Wayback] NVMe_Support – smartmontools and [Wayback] Changeset 4348 – smartmontools); download via [Wayback/Archive.is] S.M.A.R.T. Monitoring Tools – Browse Files at SourceForge.net. I used this command for it:smartctl.exe --xall /dev/sdc smartctl 7.2 2020-12-30 r5155 [x86_64-w64-mingw32-w10-b19043] (sf-7.2-1) Copyright (C) 2002-20, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org ... Warning Comp. Temp. Threshold: 70 Celsius ... === START OF SMART DATA SECTION === SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: FAILED! - available spare has fallen below threshold - media has been placed in read only mode ...
So basically, CrystalDiskInfo and HD Tune are my first line of checking for drive issues, followed by smartmontools to get text output, then by vendor specific tools to assist with the RMA.
In the past, I used another smartmontools wrapper, but it was discontinued and had an even older version than GSmartControl: Source: Closed: HDD Guardian – Home.
On Intel 600p becoming locked in read-only mode after failure:
Start of Intel RMA procedure via [Wayback] Warranty Information.
My case looks remarkably similar to [Wayback] Full Diagnostic Scan always fails during Read Scan on my SSD 600p Series 256GB – Intel Community.
A few screenshots of the tools I used for health information:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2020/02/07
Want: [Archive.is] ICY DOCK SATA/SAS Hot Swap Wechselrahmen für 16x: AmazonSmile: Computer & Zubehör.
Reasons:
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/30
A short while ago, I installed a pair of 1TB Intel 600p NVMe SSD devices.
Performing a straight rsync backup of some 100 gigabyte of data managed to shutdown both of them: the throttling was so much that VMware ESXi lost the volumes on it and showed “Permanently inaccessible device”.
I was quite surprised as the initial reviews did not mention any temperature problems, but apparently there are.
Since then I’ve put a 120mm fan near to it which made the problems go away, but it still every now and then jumped to over 60 degrees Celsius.
Later I “fixed” it in a better way for cooling getting the idle temperature around 30 degrees Celsius and heavy duty temperatures around 40 degrees Celsius:
- Put the NVME drives each on a fan supported PCIe 4x adapter which has different names in the USA and Europe:
- USA: search for
B01NAQPE6J; [WayBack] Amazon.com: Sintech M.2(NGFF) M-Key PCIe 3.0 X4 Card For Samsung SM951 PM951 950 960 PRO SSD: Computers & Accessories- Europe: search for
B06WGLK4CC; [Archive.is] KALEA-INFORMATIQUE © Controller Card PCIe x4 PCIe: AmazonSmile: Electronics- A [WayBack] NF S12A FLX: Noctua 120mm case fan over all the PCIe slots to cool even further
- Added more fans to the [WayBack] Fractal Design: R5 case to ensure better inlet/outlet air flow, especially over the PCI slots and drives using fans of these types:
- Stock 140mm [WayBack] Fractal Design: Dynamic GP-14
- Extra [WayBack] NF-A14 FLX: Noctua 140mm case fan
- Extra [WayBack] NF A6x25 FLX: Noctua 60mm case fan
- Later I will likely replace the fans on the PCIe adapters with a pair of [WayBack] NF A4x10 FLX: Noctua 40mm fans, 10mm height
I did not have to mount any M.2 heatsinks on them yet; they probably won’t fit under the fan anyway
Related links and products:
Before we will come to the benchmark results, we want to show something very special on OCinside.de and that is the heat distribution and temperature of the M.2 SSD with an infrared thermal imaging camera, which also supports image overlay and results in an interesting mixture of the infrared image and real image.
According to the internal temperature diode, there was a temperature of approx. 41°C in idle and up to 70°C under load. With an external temperature sensor and the thermal imaging camera, we’ve measures approx. 18 degrees Celsius more than the internal temperature diode outputs and achieve a maximum M.2 SSD temperature of approx. 87.8°C.
Tip:
Who like to reduce the SSD temperature, for example could:
a) adjust the power saving mode.
b) perform an active SSD cooling by direct ventilation.
c) apply commercially available silicone heat transfer pads to the top and bottom of the PCB.
d) purchase a special heatsink for M.2 SSDs.
e) buy a M.2 PCIe card with heatsink.
Related:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/23
Somehow I missed this:
- August 2011: [WayBack] Status: Intel has posted a firmware update for the Intel® SSD 320 Series (firmware 4PC10362) which addresses the Bad Context 13x Error being discussed on the Communities site and elsewhere. You can download the new firmware here: www.intel.com/go/ssdfirmware
- December 2012: [WayBack] Download Intel® SSD Firmware Update Tool
- [WayBack] Solid State Drives/Memory cell clearing – ArchWiki
- [WayBack] Intel SSD back to life success story (using Lin… |Intel Communities
So I made a file and an image backup, then updated the firmware.
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/04/06
When using SSD drives on Linux, mind the discard option in mnt and the fstrim command: [WayBack] Solid state drives in Linux: Enabling TRIM for SSDs | Opensource.com
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2018/01/15
Not just a great overview for the season, but also a good overview on what the state of the art in various SSD products is: [WayBack] Best SSDs: Holiday 2017.
Recommended reading when you are looking for SSDs
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2017/08/17
SSD TRIM check tool | CyberShadow’s blog [WayBack] has source code on github:
trimcheck – SSD TRIM check tool for Windows
Source: CyberShadow/trimcheck: SSD TRIM check tool for Windows
It’s written in D using rdmd as compiler.
–jeroen
via via.
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Posted by jpluimers on 2016/03/29
In the future, I need to add my own experience as well. For now some links:
–jeroen
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Posted by jpluimers on 2015/12/14
Close to X-mas, so doing some dreaming of unaffordable things (:
In august, this 2.5 device was sort of announced: PM1633a: a Samsumg 16TB (nah: 15.36TB) SSD.
No news ever since, so I wonder when will they get to the market and how much they would cost.
Just like I’m wondering about a Retina MacBook Pro with 2TB of SSD storage and more than 32 GB RAM (:
–jeroen
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