Samsung/Oracle F320 3.2TB NVME AIC $209.99 OBO

[mmk]

Samsung/Oracle F320 NVME 3.2TB AICs listed at $209.99 but they accepted my offer of $173. Should probably have bought more than one but even this is going to be a spare... They seem to have 20 of these.

EDIT: relisted due to error in listing at:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/134362911213

 

[laimis]

I had those. They have custom firmware, perform well, but they do get really hot even when idle. Please consider good ventilation

 

[mmk]

I had those. They have custom firmware, perform well, but they do get really hot even when idle. Please consider good ventilation

Good catch. They definitely need proper active airflow and even with that they can get fairly warm. If you compare the F320 to say their predecessor "F160" (Intel P3608) the Intel runs very significantly cooler.

 

[Rttg]

Holy moly that went fast… mark this one as dead

 

[mmk]

Someone must have nabbed a large amount of them as when I posted this I was still the only one who had bought one. The famous STH effect?

 

[DarthCirrus]

Someone must have nabbed a large amount of them as when I posted this I was still the only one who had bought one. The famous STH effect?

Hello! I’m new to the forum.

The description in the listing was for the 6.4TB version, I messaged them to ask about it and he apologized, pulled the listing, and will be reposting in a few hours. He says he’s still got 50ish…

 

[Cruzader]

It does say 1 sold and "This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing." tho.

So they cancelled it to relist i guess.
But saw other listings at 219/229 when i looked at this topic first time.

 

[FlorianZ]

Relisted: Samsung V-NAND F320 3.2TB NVMe PCIe SSD MZ-PLK3T20 MZPLKT2HCJL Oracle 7317693 | eBay

Are these just regular PM1725a with custom firmware? Anyone know if these can be crossflashed with PM1725a firmware? https://forums.servethehome.com/ind...-nvme-hhhl-aic-ssd-new-999.28527/#post-272864

 

[DarthCirrus]

Hypothetical Question:

If someone was looking to deploy several of them in a single server, what’s the best way to break these out to expand beyond your pcie slot capacity (assuming your cpu has lanes to support the cards)

 

[Cruzader]

Hypothetical Question:

If someone was looking to deploy several of them in a single server, what’s the best way to break these out to expand beyond your pcie slot capacity (assuming your cpu has lanes to support the cards)

For a standard 1-2u server the owner/user-guide will usualy state what slots it wants them in and how many for each riser model.

Beyond that go nuts i suppose, just make sure the slots have enough bandwidth and not a physical x8/16 with electrical 1-4 etc.

 

[Samir]

Someone must have nabbed a large amount of them as when I posted this I was still the only one who had bought one. The famous STH effect?

Yes, I was thinking these will be gone by the AM and The STH Effect™ indeed.

One thing I think we are all going to be curious about is if the batch shows up under a different seller for resale. One of the reasons great deals may be always selling out is because of resellers and not users, and imo the users is who these deals should be for. Resellers can get inventory from their other sources imo.

 

[Samir]

Relisted: Samsung V-NAND F320 3.2TB NVMe PCIe SSD MZ-PLK3T20 MZPLKT2HCJL Oracle 7317693 | eBay

Sweet great to know they were just relisted. Time to change the title again!

I saw that 6.4TB error too and was being quietly be hopeful when someone gets their order they got a 6.4TB instead.

 

[mmk]

Sweet great to know they were just relisted. Time to change the title again!

I saw that 6.4TB error too and was being quietly be hopeful when someone gets their order they got a 6.4TB instead.

Title of the thread changed again and link modified.

However the current auction is US and Canada only while the previous one at the very least had shipping to Europe..downgrade there.

 

[Samir]

Title of the thread changed again and link modified.

However the current auction is US and Canada only while the previous one at the very least had shipping to Europe..downgrade there.

I bet if someone messaged the seller, they'd take this one down and redo it so it would have EU shipping again. Or, one could just message the seller.

 

[zac1]

In case anyone's interested, there are also a handful of PM983 3.84TB M.2 drives listed at $229/ea right now. I'm just waiting for the price to get closer to $100/ea.

 

[redeamon]

Make sure you flash these with the latest firmware. There's a thread somewhere around here with it, but I can't seem to find it.

 

[Samir]

Make sure you flash these with the latest firmware. There's a thread somewhere around here with it, but I can't seem to find it.

Why? What happens if you don't?

 

[custom90gt]

I bought one (not sure why, lol) and the seller accepted my offer of $170, wonder how low they would go... Any hints on updating the firmware?

 

[mmk]

I bought one (not sure why, lol) and the seller accepted my offer of $170, wonder how low they would go... Any hints on updating the firmware?

You need the firmware first, it's only available (officially) with an Oracle support contract.

To update you could do something like this (modify device name and firmware version to suit):

sudo apt-get install nvme-cli
sudo nvme list
sudo nvme fw-download /dev/nvme0 --fw=MS1PC2DD3.IR3Q.fw
sudo nvme fw-activate /dev/nvme0 --action=1
sudo nvme reset /dev/nvme0

 

[custom90gt]

You need the firmware first, it's only available (officially) with an Oracle support contract.

To update you could do something like this (modify device name and firmware version to suit):

sudo apt-get install nvme-cli
sudo nvme list
sudo nvme fw-download /dev/nvme0 --fw=MS1PC2DD3.IR3Q.fw
sudo nvme fw-activate /dev/nvme0 --action=1
sudo nvme reset /dev/nvme0

I appreciate the info, my guess is because it's Oracle there is zero chance of this being a free upgrade. I'll have to see what firmware is on it, maybe it'll be newish and I won't have to return it.