Enterprise SSD "small deals"

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antonkochubey

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It's not 10 years old but (the Micron 7450 Max) runs very hot. :D Unless you go SATA you will have this issue with NVMe enterprise drives, you should not underestimate the heat issue as it'll give you headaches one you diagnose weird stability issues later. :p I had this issue on 7450 Pro drives, they idle at 55-60 even under a heatstink unless you blast them with a ton of airflow and/or ensure the heatsink makes really good controller contact.
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Do you have your 2.5" SSDs mounted behind the mainboard tray where there is no airflow at all, by any chance? That's OK for 2.5" SATA drives, but 2.5" NVMe drives are suffocating in such locations.

I have a couple Micron 7400's (also 2.5") and they never exceed 60ºC, usually idling around 40ºC, but there's steady airflow over them (120mm fan blowing directly over 3x 2.5"/3.5" cage)
 
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I concur with the sentiment regarding heat and Micron enterprise drives. I have an M9200 Pro (U.2) with direct airflow across the heatsink that idles around 52-56C. I've tried everything imaginable to place it in sleep/standby/D3/DIPM/HIPM and nothing works. The drive either rejects the command or accepts it but doesn't act on it. Fortunately heavy writing to the drive won't heat it much further. Others have commented their Micron U.2 parts underwent sudden death running at these temps so I'm planning to get this drive into a RAID group ASAP.

I've also a Samsung PM863a SATA which behaves the same way though with much less heat (idles around 36C whilst the adjacent SATA SSDs idle at 29-31C). Again I've poked and prodded with hdparm, smartctl, sysfs values, Samsung toolbox; you name it. Steady 36C and unfazed. I'm not worried about it but it's still interesting to note both datacenter drives resist any attempt at PM.

I have an Intel DC S4510 (SATA) on the way and I'm hoping this unit will power down at idle. Intel 4510/4511 (all variants of NVMe and SATA) were all marketed as lower power datacenter parts so I'm optimistic...
 
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I got 2 of them today. Both had 1 drive write of usage and work perfectly with my Icy Dock Thunderbolt to U.3 (to E1.S) adapter, fwiw.

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nimik said:
Along the same lines, these E1.S Micron 7450 Pro 7.68TB’s for $425 (with offers) don’t seem too bad.

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MICRON DELL 08G76D 7450 PRO 7.68TB NVME E1.S PCIe4.0 SSD MTFDKCE7T6TFR 8G76D | eBay

Product Number : MTFDKCE7T6TFR,08G76D,8G76D. We are here 24/7, should you need any help. Ending Soon. New Arrivals. QUICK LINKS.
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Pardon Our Interruption... *Light Use* Hynix PE8110 7.68TB EDSFF E1.S PCIe 4.0 SSD NVMe HFS7T6GEEWX091N - $418.45

Along the same line. Whatever Light Use means. Seller doesn't list SMART data.
 
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richardm

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I won't clog the thread with a long non-deal post.. Just want to give a quick update on the Intel D3-S4510 SATA and its power situation. Drive idles at the same temp as my desktop SSDs. Also this:

Code: 
sudo sst set -ssd 3 powergovernormode = 2

- PowerGovernor PHYF126504VW3P8EGN -

Status : Completed successfully.
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sudo sst show -d powergovernormode -ssd 3

- PHYF126504VW3P8EGN -

PowerGovernorMode : 2 Low
 
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ca3y6

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In case anyone wonders, I have not stopped looking for good deals, it just seems that SSD prices follow RAM prices with the AI shortage and there aren't any lately (whereas December was busy last year). I am still thinking of the threshold for a good deal in absolute terms. Though if this lasts long enough I might have to reset my expectations.
 
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Cruzader

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The deals really are getting further appart for sure.
I got some 3.2tb/3.84tb WD u.2 <50 hr drives earlier in the year at 100-120/ea but finding more of them is not happening sofar.

On the plus side my backlog of servers that i have not gotten around to list has also gone up significantly in value.
 
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I was optimistic that the price of DDR4 would reduce demand for Cascade Lake Xeons, but no, the 6240Rs that I want are up by 10% since I last checked.
 
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If you see enterprise grade 2.5 inch SATA in the 1.2TB to 2TB range for really good prices, let me know. I need 6+ for my mini-NAS. It seems most of the deals are u.2 and in capacities that I can't afford for my lab. I've been looking at 2TB spinning disks lately, trying to get a little more speed and a slight increased in size wouldn't hurt. I have 1TB installed now, these are single platter, a 2TB would most likely be double platter and might be faster.

Fritz said:
"Where have all the great deals gone, long time passing. Gone to AI every one. When will they ever learn......"
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Maybe we need to put together a song on Suno along the lines of the above :eek:

[edit] I think I need to make an account, the first 20 seconds sounded fun! Maybe something to play with over the holiday break. It seemed to grab the idea. [edit2] Signed in with evil google and published this Where Have All the Great Deals Gone
Please enjoy as it's pretty accurate to our feelings. Please spread this like a plague, maybe it will cause some kind of movement. Remember that in the USA we are not allowed to copyright AI created content, so there should be no copyright issues on this song. Since I typed in the prompt, I guess I might own it, since Fritz gave part of the prompt, then he should also maybe own it. I grant my permission to use this far and wide!

Also not lost on me, the irony of AI creating a song complaining about AI taking all of our resources.
 
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nexox

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michel333 said:
what is so special about these CPUs ? the 6240R?
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All the Cascade Lake R CPUs have been expensive for a while, they were just getting old enough to hit recyclers in quantity recently and are nice upgrades for LGA3647 systems on Skylake, the 6240R is maybe not the most expensive, but it's the best option for upgrading my desktop, which won't handle higher TDP CPUs.
 
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Marsh

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Second time Seller sold out Intel S3520 1.6TB SSD. My guess is about 100 SSD sold.

The new good deal price for S3520 1.6tb is $60 currently.

If the seller list again, I'll pick few S3520 SSD.
 
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