1.6TB Intel DC P3605 (P3600) - $800

[Patrick]

8 available as of right now: $0.50/GB on large drives and PCIe AIC form factor so they are easy to use:
New, Sealed Intel SSD DC P3605 Series solid state drive, 1.6 TB

That seems to be a very hot deal.

 

[Awesomesauce]

Omg... wish I'm rich

 

[unclerunkle]

I found one of these cheap on ebay a while back. Did not experience the performance in ESXi as I would have liked to see. (And yes, I tried the Intel drivers and have a PCIe 3.0 chipset)

 

[Awesomesauce]

All these will be obsolete soon. As Intel is developing Universal memory.

In near future we will not have Ram and solid state storage. It will all be one. What Intel is able to do is to make ram/memory that store data as well.

Interesting stuff

 

[unclerunkle]

All these will be obsolete soon. As Intel is developing Universal memory.

In near future we will not have Ram and solid state storage. It will all be one. What Intel is able to do is to make ram/memory that store data as well.

Interesting stuff

I presume you're referring to 3D XPoint? 3D XPoint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was under the impression that XPoint would still be based on traditional form factors like PCIe, M.2, SATA Express, etc.

I know Sandisk a while back showed off their memory slot based SSD, the ULLtra-DIMM. SanDisk ULLtraDIMM DDR3 400GB SSD Enterprise Review Is this where you're saying 3D XPoint is headed?

 

[Patrick]

First gen 3D Xpoint will be PCIe.

 

[tuatara]

FYI - the part number 7090698 indicates these are branded Sun/Oracle accelerators so they may have different firmware.

 

[Patrick]

FYI - the part number 7090698 indicates these are branded Sun/Oracle accelerators so they may have different firmware.

Yea they are but they seem to work fine in standard servers (tried Dell and Supermicro thus far)

 

[tuatara]

@Patrick good to hear! Is the SMART info complete? Do you know of any other limitations?

 

[T_Minus]

No smart info.
no warranty

 

[Awesomesauce]

I presume you're referring to 3D XPoint? 3D XPoint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I was under the impression that XPoint would still be based on traditional form factors like PCIe, M.2, SATA Express, etc.

I know Sandisk a while back showed off their memory slot based SSD, the ULLtra-DIMM. SanDisk ULLtraDIMM DDR3 400GB SSD Enterprise Review Is this where you're saying 3D XPoint is headed?

Yes. IBM is also doing their own things based on FeRAM: Ferroelectric RAM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[workingnonstop]

I've also got a used one of these for sale in the forums, if you feel like saving a few more bucks...

 

[neeyuese]

No smart info.
no warranty

Intel ssd toolbox and data center tool can't display life reaming info due to the OEM firmware.

These drives have Intel warranty.



Intel sent a replaced drive due to firmware bug on RA12 version cause driver run into Disable Logical ASSERT Mode. The latest firmware is RA13.

 

[T_Minus]

Interesting, I'd never heard of them sending replacement for an OEM drive.

 

[briandm81]

In for 1. May order another later.

 

[kdotcarter]

Thanks @Patrick...price is reduced to $750. I picked one up as I couldn't resist...

 

[briandm81]

I'm holding back on ordering a second one.....

 

[Mirabis]

For once I'm happy they have import costs, at $200+ extra ... the deal is less tempting, saving me money xD

 

[msvirtualguy]

This is a sick deal considering the 800GB 750 non-Enterprise AIC is the same price! I'm gonna have to jump on this I think....damn you Patrick!! lol

 

[yvitek]

Tell me please. How to update firmware without Oracle service contract?