Hey all - been a bit but I've been running a TrueNAS setup with all 960/1.92TB SM863 disks in my lab in mirrors. It works great and I have 36 disks in total, but I am starting to have drive failure and these drives, while easy to find, are all coming in with like 80 - 92% life replacements used. I'd like to start cycling in new or less used enterprise SSDs. I am also considering moving to a spare R740 I have so I would like the cheapest most reliable mixed-use SSDs - not opposed to NVMe but my R740 does not have an NVMe backplane just now. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated!
What SSDs to replace SM863s?
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I feel that in the space of 2.5" SATA SSDs, your choices are somewhat limited. What's your budget and have you checked already which models are even available in large enough quantities (if you're going for used ones) and within your budget?
If you don't need so many disks because of your pool layout and the throughput, you could consider using larger read intensive disks. The larger size offsets the lower DWPD rating and maybe this would open up other options.
If you don't need so many disks because of your pool layout and the throughput, you could consider using larger read intensive disks. The larger size offsets the lower DWPD rating and maybe this would open up other options.
Can you explain the "firmware registration"? I have 5100 MAX as my OS disk for TrueNAS but never heard anything in that regard.
Sure, jump on
www.micron.com
search for your firmware by just entering 5100, if necessary click "Register". Apparently Github account or Microsoft account is enough by now, no need to register with Micron.com itself.
5100 MAX latest firmware is probably 5100-d0mu075-d0mu445-d0mu845-fwbin.zip. Unpack to a folder, use msecli from Storage executive software and Info from storage_executive_cli_user_guide_en.pdf to update. CLI package is enough, no need for 300 MB GUI bloat.
5100 MAX had at least three firmware updates from D0MU051 to D0MU071 to D0MU075. Nothing new is released, so for 5100 that appears to have been it. Got a bunch of 5100 MAX 960 GB SSDs, solid.
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search for your firmware by just entering 5100, if necessary click "Register". Apparently Github account or Microsoft account is enough by now, no need to register with Micron.com itself.
5100 MAX latest firmware is probably 5100-d0mu075-d0mu445-d0mu845-fwbin.zip. Unpack to a folder, use msecli from Storage executive software and Info from storage_executive_cli_user_guide_en.pdf to update. CLI package is enough, no need for 300 MB GUI bloat.
5100 MAX had at least three firmware updates from D0MU051 to D0MU071 to D0MU075. Nothing new is released, so for 5100 that appears to have been it. Got a bunch of 5100 MAX 960 GB SSDs, solid.
