Micron 5100 MAX 1.6TB SATA 2.5'' SSD (MTFDDAK1T6TCC-1AR16ABCF) - $100 OBO w/ free shipping

[zac1]

I paid $125/ea for these just a couple months ago. Seller said they'd go as low as $85.

When asked about drive health, seller responded:

I tested 10 of the 32 remaining. All 10 were 96% - 100% health.

All 10 had avg 800TB writes. All 10 had over 1000 hours life remaining.

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[Stephan]

How many TB written on them for those you received?

 

[zac1]

How many TB written on them for those you received?

I bought from a seller with a similar username based in California. I think they are two locations of the same parent company. The ones I received @ $125/ea reported 100% health, <100TBW as I recall... it's only been a couple months but it's been a while lol

Edit: the seller is going to follow up with health stats.

Edit2: seller replied.

I tested 10 of the 32 remaining. All 10 were 96% - 100% health.

All 10 had avg 800TB writes. All 10 had over 1000 hours life remaining.

 

[EasyRhino]

interesting. the price of SSDs is plummeting right now, so if you just need cheap storage for consumer uses you can get a new 2TB drive for around this price.

BUT, this thing has absurd endurance (14PBW) , and pretty good performance.

 

[Propaganda]

Drive size is interesting. None of the datasheets show a 1.6TB version.

 

[newabc]

The other seller "buybest16" usually puts the smart information of all the SSDs on its listing. (Looks like they pick 100% health drives with very low writing for a higher price, like $155/each for 5100max 1.6tb, all of them have over 1000 days power-on.)

 

[Stephan]

Good point @Propaganda. My firmware stash has no support for these 1600 GB drives. Neither 5100 nor 5200.

 

[Propaganda]

Are the firmware size specific?
I see this update for 5100s in general that you can load manually:
5100 D0MU075/D0MU445/D0MU845 Storage Executive Firmware Update Firmware Update Package - 2.16.2021 Firmware update package for the Micron 5100 SATA SSD. This package is usable through the manual update option of Micron’s Storage Executive software. It contains firmware versions D0MU075/D0MU445/D0MU845. Change list: • Enhanced background media scan and wear-leveling algorithms • Improved asynchronous power-loss handling • Extended capacitor charge time allotment & monitoring improvements

 

[triples]

I don't know about 5100 max specifically but there is a chance that the 1.6tb firmware is optimized for large OP and not interchangeable with 1.92tb. Hope that is not the case, though.

 

[zac1]

Based on a cursory search of the full model number and firmware version, these appear to be from Cisco systems.

Edit: doh, listing says "Brand: Cisco"

 

[Propaganda]

Based on a cursory search of the full model number and firmware version, these appear to be from Cisco systems.

Edit: doh, listing says "Brand: Cisco"

You have some of these drives? Could you try manually loading the firmware I linked to?

I know the Dell 5300 max I had wouldn't update the oem firmware I needed to use Dell Nautilus.

 

[zac1]

You have some of these drives? Could you try manually loading the firmware I linked to?

I know the Dell 5300 max I had wouldn't update the oem firmware I needed to use Dell Nautilus.

I didn't bother updating firmware. They tested good and were deployed in some field servers for a SAR team. I did suggest to their tech lead to try updating firmware using the Storage Executive but never heard back. Sent a follow up email to see if that went anywhere.

 

[newabc]

I didn't bother updating firmware. They tested good and were deployed in some field servers for a SAR team. I did suggest to their tech lead to try updating firmware using the Storage Executive but never heard back. Sent a follow up email to see if that went anywhere.

Storage Executive may not update the Micron 5100 max to the most up-to-dated firmware without a subscription or Micron account. It will said it is up-to-date but we can find newer firmware on Micron's website. I haven't tried to register a Micron account(is it free?).

 

[Stephan]

I looked it up yesterday out of interest. Micron firmware available to me is only for drives that are in their PDF prospecti, i.e. retail part number ends in -YY aka "generic" and size is one of 240 480 960 1920 3840 7680. The updater also has configuration for just these sizes and the firmware numbering for these 1600 GB drives is also different. I suspect those Cisco drives are seriously overprovisioned from factory, like 100%. I think the 5100 MAX 960 GB already has like 1.5 GB raw capacity. So the 1600 might be 3 GB raw.

That said the 5200 and 5300 not so much but the 5100 had a good 8-10 updates to correct serious firmware errors. For kids' Linux computers totally fine, near impossible to write the drive to death. Sudden power losses due to misuse also no problem due to PLP. For a machine serving the home in the rack, I'd want those fixes. Pricing looks attractive.

 

[tozmo]

We have the MTFDDAK1T6TCC_H072.bin within the TFW zip. Anyone know the relevance of the file?

EDIT:: Sold out

 

[izz454]

Anyone here with a Cisco service contract? I've found updated firmware for these Cisco-brand 5100's but it's behind a paywall.

Software Download - Cisco Systems

software.cisco.com

Description :	Reboot/Recommended SMU, Micron 5100 SSD Firmware version D0MU075 integration on eXR
Release :	7.3.2
Release Date :	13-Dec-2021
FileName :	asr9k-sysadmin-7.3.2.CSCvz66349.tar
Size :	66.92 MB ( 70174720 bytes)
MD5 Checksum :	4eb77c468264ca055a55c7562ff00fce
SHA512 Checksum :	e9277b5273c39cd31e252970d65d589d ...

@Stephan is spot on regarding firmware errors: 5100 Series: Earlier SSDs Might Have Firmware Issues on ASR 9000 - Workaround Provided

The products listed in this field notice might have earlier solid state drive (SSD) firmware versions that are exposed to file system/disk corruption and uncorrectable errors. This is specific to this SSD series and these firmware versions:

• 5100 Series SSDs only
• SSD Firmware Versions D0MU027, D0MU037, D0MU051, and D0MU071

 

[natedawg]

Following up here, did anyone ever get the firmware? I also tried creating an account but it requires a valid service contract with Cisco.

The one I just purchased is MTFDDAK1T6TCC-1AR16ABCD and is on firmware D0MU054, which apparently is not impacted, but would prefer to update just in case.

 

[Whaaat]

Following up here, did anyone ever get the firmware? I also tried creating an account but it requires a valid service contract with Cisco.

The one I just purchased is MTFDDAK1T6TCC-1AR16ABCD and is on firmware D0MU054, which apparently is not impacted, but would prefer to update just in case.

H072 from here will do?