look at it from the bright side: once this shit crashes (WITH NO SURVIVORS, t. Bane) the market's gonna get flooded with surplus hardware liquidated from companies that went bust.
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It's very likely that this hardware would be esoteric, power hungry and not easily adaptable to a home lab environment.
Liquid cooling is often expected.
Even parts may be not ideal, i.e. SMR drives, ZNS SSDs or 800GbE Ethernet.
--igor
Samsung 15.36TB SSD PM1633a SAS 12G Eur 750
IBM but seller confirmed formatted to 512b. Posting here to prevent myself from buying it!
[edit] actually looking again at the smartctl extract the seller sent, it shows " SMART Health Status: CONTROLLER IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH [asc=5d, ascq=22] " which I am not sure what it means, but sounds a little bit concerning.
IBM but seller confirmed formatted to 512b. Posting here to prevent myself from buying it!
[edit] actually looking again at the smartctl extract the seller sent, it shows " SMART Health Status: CONTROLLER IMPENDING FAILURE DATA ERROR RATE TOO HIGH [asc=5d, ascq=22] " which I am not sure what it means, but sounds a little bit concerning.
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3.84TB Exascend SI4 2.5” SATA SSD €170 [Kleinanzeigen]
Model number: EXSI4A3840GBZD01
Datasheet
Seller had a listing the other day for one identical and I asked how many they had. They said 3 so maybe they have 2 left now.
I was curious about PLP as the datasheet only states that it is present in certain conditions, so I emailed the manufacturer. They confirmed that it has hardware PLP.
Was really going to buy them but looking at my shelf with unused SSDs, I just have to be realistic and pass this time..
EDIT: Updated URL that was wrong
Model number: EXSI4A3840GBZD01
Datasheet
Seller had a listing the other day for one identical and I asked how many they had. They said 3 so maybe they have 2 left now.
I was curious about PLP as the datasheet only states that it is present in certain conditions, so I emailed the manufacturer. They confirmed that it has hardware PLP.
Was really going to buy them but looking at my shelf with unused SSDs, I just have to be realistic and pass this time..
EDIT: Updated URL that was wrong
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Any idea what make and model it is?
Never mind, I didn't see the label pic until I took a second look.
Crap, I'm not all here today. Disregard the above.
I don't have any response to those questions but it is a reputable seller.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/188244670152 15.36TB ($799, US seller)
I believe these are Galax SSDs, QLC. At least two of them are. The first one seems to have firmware that are common in Synology SAT5220 SATA SSDs.
I believe these are Galax SSDs, QLC. At least two of them are. The first one seems to have firmware that are common in Synology SAT5220 SATA SSDs.
So did ServerPartDeals sell you a fake 7.68TB drive which ended up being 960GB?!
That auction link is indeed from their official account; it's a legit business with high rating and functioning support org.
The drive is a bit different from their photo; but i'm mostly confused why they would go this when they provide 3 year warranty etc?
Could be a genuine mistake on their part, but unlikely, since they cite how many writes and health data.
In any case, i'd expect them to refund with apologies. Keep us posted.
--igor
I reached out to them via ebay. They said that the drive is indeed 7.68TB. That the sticker that says 960GB is incorrect and was applied by a vendor prior to them (SPD) receiving the unit. Sounds like they knew about the sticker mixup.
SMART stats seem to match that of a 7.68TB,
Code:
=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Vendor: SAMSUNG
Product: PA33N7T6 EMC7680
Revision: EQHE
Compliance: SPC-4
User Capacity: 7,680,475,267,072 bytes [7.68 TB]
Logical block size: 512 bytes
Physical block size: 4096 bytes
LU is resource provisioned, LBPRZ=1
Rotation Rate: Solid State DeviceWow! Double-restickered, once with capacity-down ;-)
Still, if it checks out - seems like a good deal, esp considering 3 years warranty.
Still, if it checks out - seems like a good deal, esp considering 3 years warranty.
Though these are samsung pm1633a, so you need to check you have an up to date firmware version. How many power on hours is it showing? (32k hour bug).
Finally a good plot twist !
They are probably gonna pop up on eBay at 3x the price nextSeems to be sold. Not lucky for europe to order this
not the deal of the century but Dell / Intel P3700 2TB £240. The P3700 is a ww2 tank of an SSD: 17 DWPD. 2015 tech though.
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