6.4TB Samsung PM1725a 5DWPD Enterprise TLC V-NAND PCIe 3.0 x8 NVMe HHHL AIC SSD NEW $999

[T_Minus]

How have the pm1725a been treating everyone with the updated firmware?
I found 2x NIB 1.6TB 2.5" in my stack that I should probably upgrade before deploying, even if going in my home setup

 

[eduncan911]

How have the pm1725a been treating everyone with the updated firmware?
I found 2x NIB 1.6TB 2.5" in my stack that I should probably upgrade before deploying, even if going in my home setup

I'm curious for an update as well, as I am about to flash 4x units myself.

 

[nmasse-itix]

I just bought a Samsung PM1725a and I found the information in this thread very useful.

I'm leaving this (size and thumbprint) for posterity (and my future self).

$ curl -sSfLo /tmp/GPNABB3Q.BIN https://drunkencat.net/misc/GPNABB3Q.BIN
$ ls -l /tmp/GPNABB3Q.BIN
-rw-r--r--. 1 nicolas nicolas 3297280 23 juin  22:31 /tmp/GPNABB3Q.BIN

$ shasum -a 256 /tmp/GPNABB3Q.BIN
c241ad14a665c0a49dce33c5c1065a586b718dce83073bf89ad194e505686ed9  /tmp/GPNABB3Q.BIN

Thanks @HecatesChild and @BlueFox !

 

[chiuljnk]

I use ESXi and the card is more often than not, not visible/detected on boot. Is there a command I can run to make it show up?

 

[redeamon]

I use ESXi and the card is more often than not, not visible/detected on boot. Is there a command I can run to make it show up?

Have you updated the firmware? This is a known issue.

 

[chiuljnk]

I flashed the version that was posted here: GPNABB3Q. The compatibility matrix says minimum firmware GPNA3D3Q so I should be good? I am using ESxi 6.7 U3

 

[redeamon]

You should be good, might be a bios issue (check if there's an update) if the drive is not being randomly detected on bootup.

 

[chiuljnk]

Seems like the problem is due to my motherboard (OpenCompute Wiwynn SV7210). When I moved the Samsung SSD to an Intel S2600CP motherboard, everything shows up fine. Thank you for your advice!

 

[josh]

damn came across this just as i was about to bite the bullet on sn640s. now i can't decide which to get