Kingston A2000 1TB SSD Review

[Will Taillac]

In our Kingston A2000 1TB NVMe SSD review, we see how this entry-level drive from Kingston compares to our growing data set

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[fake-name]

Not discussed: These SSDs (or at least ones made before a specific point) have a PCIe power saving bug that causes them to hard-lock on linux:

See Solid state drive/NVMe - ArchWiki

I hit this issue myself (admittedly on the 250 GB version): https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/dual-xeon-d.27761/page-18#post-300291

 

[newabc]

Does the Kingston DC1000b have the same APST issue? It seems google search hasn't found anything of APST and linux relative on this model.

 

[WillTaillac]

Not discussed: These SSDs (or at least ones made before a specific point) have a PCIe power saving bug that causes them to hard-lock on linux:

See Solid state drive/NVMe - ArchWiki

I hit this issue myself (admittedly on the 250 GB version): https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/dual-xeon-d.27761/page-18#post-300291

I did not encounter any issues, and generally do not update firmware without a good reason to do so. But Kingston has issued a firmware update that claims to address the Linux problem. https://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/SA2000_S5Z42109_RN.pdf is the release document regarding it, and KSM Firmware Update - Kingston Technology is the link to the firmware updater download page.

 

[fake-name]

I did not encounter any issues, and generally do not update firmware without a good reason to do so. But Kingston has issued a firmware update that claims to address the Linux problem. https://media.kingston.com/support/downloads/SA2000_S5Z42109_RN.pdf is the release document regarding it, and KSM Firmware Update - Kingston Technology is the link to the firmware updater download page.

I mean, now I know that, but the patch doesn't exactly help my system from periodically hard-locking 4 months ago.

Kingston is now on my "never buy" list, along with seagate SSDs (I had 3 which all failed!).

 

[WillTaillac]

I mean, now I know that, but the patch doesn't exactly help my system from periodically hard-locking 4 months ago.

Kingston is now on my "never buy" list, along with seagate SSDs (I had 3 which all failed!).

Ah. For the most part, I have difficulty blacklisting any particular vendor because so few of them make their own parts. I find it is generally easier to follow the specific components - preferring or disliking Phison controllers versus SMI controllers, as an example. Since other than the packaging, to my knowledge Kingston didn't actually *manufacture* anything on this drive.