Samsung PM983a M.2 22110 SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 1.88TB - open box - $125 OBO + free ship

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Another chapter in the budget storage saga... anybody find anything better? I wish the seller were on here so the net price could get under $100/ea.

EDIT: Back in stock. I bought 4.
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Samsung PM983a M.2 22110 SSD NVMe PCIe 3.0x4 1.88TB | eBay

Form Factor : M.2 22110. Compatible Bay : M.2 22110. Internal Data Rate : 3100 Mb/s (read) / 2000 Mb/s (write). Detail overview. Capacity : 1.88 Tb. Device Type : Solid State Drive - Internal. Extended Specifications .
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CyklonDX said:
Nice,
I've grabbed other 2 toshiba's from same seller; somehow i have feeling it may be a scam.

www.ebay.com

Toshiba KXD51LN11T92 SSD M.2 22110 NVMe PCIe Gen3 x4 1.92TB | eBay

SSD form factor: M.2. SSD capacity: 1920 GB. Width : 22 mm. Depth : 110 mm. Height : 3.88 mm. Write speed : 895 MB/s. Operational conditions. Power consumption (read) : 7 W.
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I've been doing some digging. Item location on eBay is listed as Baytown, TX. Seller has also listed on Mercari under the name "Ransel." There's an RP Computers LLC registered to a Ransel in... you guessed it, Baytown, TX.

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zac1 said:
I've been doing some digging. Item location on eBay is listed as Baytown, TX. Seller has also listed on Mercari under the name "Ransel." There's an RP Computers LLC registered to a Ransel in... you guessed it, Baytown, TX.

RP COMPUTERS LLC in Baytown, TX | Company Info & Reviews

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~ we'll see - its hard to believe this price for 'brand new' claim.
 
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I have bought some of these units for this seller before, all low powered hours <10.

I did have some problems with these units rebooting my test servers 1U Supermicro and 1U Dell R630 during sustained FIO write testing.

The temps seem to exceed 95c during heavy write loads (even with fans maxxed) and you would think it would throttle the IO in the firmware however during my testing the servers locked and rebooted before I encountered any loss in IOPS due to thermal throttling.

I'd like to apply small heatsink and re-test in the future if time allows.

As always YMMV but this is what I've encountered with the 1.8Tb units.
 
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VMman said:
I have bought some of these units for this seller before, all low powered hours <10.

I did have some problems with these units rebooting my test servers 1U Supermicro and 1U Dell R630 during sustained FIO write testing.

The temps seem to exceed 95c during heavy write loads (even with fans maxxed) and you would think it would throttle the IO in the firmware however during my testing the servers locked and rebooted before I encountered any loss in IOPS due to thermal throttling.

I'd like to apply small heatsink and re-test in the future if time allows.

As always YMMV but this is what I've encountered with the 1.8Tb units.
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Thanks for sharing the issues with heat. I had read a couple others' experiences that also mentioned heat. I was planning to slap these in a Supermicro E300 using a Gigabyte CMT4034 4x M2 NVMe card which has a heatsink. (EDIT: oops, just opened the ones I got from Newegg, and neither heatsink nor brackets were included. :rolleyes:)

Would the Toshiba be expected to run any cooler? Can't find thermal benchmarks.
 
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VMman said:
The temps seem to exceed 95c during heavy write loads (even with fans maxxed) and you would think it would throttle the IO in the firmware however during my testing the servers locked and rebooted before I encountered any loss in IOPS due to thermal throttling.

I'd like to apply small heatsink and re-test in the future if time allows.
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Yes, I forgot that I ended up doing this. Heatsinks on the controller packages and a fan pointed at the carrier card.
 
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While trying to talk myself out of buying at $125 (price for one) someone bought them :) I find myself often overbuying because it's a good deal and then not using the item to it's fullest. Considering that prices for ssd are on a downward trend maybe it's a good thing I didn't.
 
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I have 6x of these drives used for Ceph in Supermicro 2U servers. I have added heatsinks to the drives and the chassis fans never go below 50%. Without any load on the cluster, the drives idle around 55C. Under heavy IOP load they maintain a little under 70C. If I remove the heatsinks and turn the chassis fans down to 30%, you could sear a steak with the controller.
 
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Yes, the Kioxia/Toshiba XD5 are not the speediest, but $120/2TB is a reasonable price for them at the moment. Also PM983 (22110) in about the same price range, or if you have a spare slot, P3600 AIC, which should be significantly faster. All older-gen NVMe but with sturdy endurance and PLP.
 
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As another data point, I bought two of these drives in ~5 months ago @125/ea from this seller. Similarly mine appeared new. I have them in a 2u supermicro server using this dual nvme card https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09TRVHW1H

I can confirm that they run hot at idle, though I have a 60mm fan pointed at them w/o heatsinks
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Temperature Sensor 1:               57 Celsius
Temperature Sensor 2:               75 Celsius
Temperature Sensor 3:               91 Celsius
 
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