New 48TB NVMe 11.5TB SATA SSD Glamour Shot

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Patrick

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I have to admit, it has been awhile since we have had this many SSDs. They will have to go back soon but fun while they are here.
24x Intel DC P3320 NVMe Drives and DC S3610 SATA.png
I think the 18x 450GB 10K RPM drives that arrived today are feeling inadequate. The 1.5TB of DDR4 that also arrived was much happier.
1.5TB DDR4 2133 and 2400 SK.Hynix sm.png
Unfortunately, one of the Micron 16GB sticks that went into the STH lab earlier today was not happy (maybe it knew new models were coming). Luckily I have another 16GB Micron stick that I can install in the data center tomorrow.

I have to admit, I am not looking forward to installing 72 drives tomorrow since that is a lot of tiny screws! Add to that 2 more servers, 4 CPUs that need to get "relocated" and now 49 DIMMs, tomorrow should be a busy day.
 
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72 at once :) Oh the fun... I'm thinking 8, do something else, 8 do something else should make it pass a bit easier on the wrist ;)
 

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72 at once :) Oh the fun... I'm thinking 8, do something else, 8 do something else should make it pass a bit easier on the wrist ;)
I am thinking electric assistance. Actually, the 2TB P3320's should be easier as the thickness helps in 2TB trays. The 480GB S3610's I am worried about.
 

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Most of the time I use a manual screwdriver but I do keep a nice battery operated one close by for just such a project. :)
 

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I also had another 25 drives to install today (including 16 of those 450GB specials).
  • Total servers repaired/ upgraded today: 2
  • Total servers built/ installed today: 2
  • Total NVMe drives installed today: 25
  • Total HDDs installed today: 18
  • Total SATA/ SAS SSDs installed today: 30
I have to admit, I am a bit worn out. Just for drive screws today:
72 drives * 4 screws to remove blanks * 4 screws to install into drive trays = 576 screws
18 drives * 4 screws to remove them to old trays = 72 screws
Total screws today: 648

On the @dba benchmark side, I am going to find a burrito in honor of CdM and then start working on that. @dba - turns out the SATA server for the 24x S3610's did not come with the correct HBAs so it will not be ready until next week.
 

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I also had another 25 drives to install today (including 16 of those 450GB specials).
  • Total servers repaired/ upgraded today: 2
  • Total servers built/ installed today: 2
  • Total NVMe drives installed today: 25
  • Total HDDs installed today: 18
  • Total SATA/ SAS SSDs installed today: 30
I have to admit, I am a bit worn out. Just for drive screws today:
72 drives * 4 screws to remove blanks * 4 screws to install into drive trays = 576 screws
18 drives * 4 screws to remove them to old trays = 72 screws
Total screws today: 648

On the @dba benchmark side, I am going to find a burrito in honor of CdM and then start working on that. @dba - turns out the SATA server for the 24x S3610's did not come with the correct HBAs so it will not be ready until next week.
Beware of SSD-induced carpal tunnel syndrome!
 
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For read intensive workloads, there is a nice screenshot of the two servers side-by-side. 128K Sequential Read somewhere about 3 hours into the actual workload after pre-conditioning (single drive):

Intel DC P3320 2TB NVMe v S3610 SATA Sequential Read Dial.PNG

The P3320 is less $/GB new than the S3610.