I hope the M3P lives long enough to throw off the chart scale as well.
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I hope the M3P lives long enough to throw off the chart scale as well.
Todays update:
m4
986.4017 TiB
4151 hours
Avg speed 73.72 MiB/s.
AD gone from 48 to 45
P/E 17010.
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=492855
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
676.62 TiB
23462 hours
Reallocated sectors : 106 to 108
Available Reserved space: 78
MWI= 103 to 99
MD5 =OK
42.74 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=492849
Intel X25-E 64GB
181.15 TiB
550-30=520 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
100.27 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=492851
B.A.T.
Am I imagining things, or did the M4 go from 33 erase fail and 0 program fail to 33 erase and 26 program failures like 4 days ago? Hmm. I wonder if that just means it just had to try a couple times to erase or program, but no blocks were taken out of service.
You have good eyes. I missed that one. It changed to 26 between 29th and 30th of may.
Just for amusement (and with no expense spared) a 4 GB unbranded USB drive. No SMART info. :D
Assuming 1,000 P/E cycles @ 2.5 MB/s it could in theory last 19 days.
Attachment 127302
A01,
Do you happen to know what manner of flash is up in there? I'm sure when it dies you can pry it open. All things considered, 2.5 Mbs isn't terrible. It's not much worse than the 32GB PS 100 Phison I tried.
Intel 330 120GB
109.25TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 0
Available Reserved Space : E8 100
MWI 89
[F1] Total LBAs Written 3579887
[F2] Total LBAs Read 22624 // a tiny movement
[F9] Total NAND Writes 78855GB
POH 290
MD5 OK
122.74MiB/s on avg (~195 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1007.20TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9016
MD5 OK
33.39MiB/s on avg (~195 hours)
My Intel 520 is up and running again.
No issues to report with it after it's retention test.
Generic USB Drive – 4 GB
Writes: 186.34 GB
Average speed: 2.42 MB/s
(@ Christopher. Don’t know what NAND it is using, as it’s a sealed unit. Will take it apart to find out when it dies).
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 7
177,415.03 GiB
273.49 MB/s Average
181 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 76
1,846,845.29 GiB
1,803.56 TiB
299.72 MB/s Average
1826 Hours
8020 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
6/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 12/24572 sectors
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The two drives have been in the alternate rig for 6.5 days and their average speeds are doing well. ~300MB/s for the 830 and 273MB/s for the M3P.
Todays update:
m4
992.4243 TiB
4175 hours
Avg speed 73.85 MiB/s.
AD gone from 45 to 42
P/E 17112.
CE gone from 0 to 26 (29th to 30th of may)
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493008
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
680.21 TiB
23486 hours
Reallocated sectors : 108 to 114
Available Reserved space: 78 to 77
MWI= 99 to 91
MD5 =OK
43.55 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493007
Intel X25-E 64GB
189.34 TiB
574-30=544 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
100.24 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493005
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
I just started the test. The ssd has 47,5355 TiB of write before the test (based on the smart numbers)
ASU write o TiB (total 47,5355 TiB)
Host write 0 TiB (total 47,5355 TiB)
0 hours
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
52.61 MiB/s on avg (after a couple of loops)
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493012
I have a spare 4GB ADATA C906 USB2 stick, NAND is Micron 29F32G08CBACA, 10th 2011 manufactured.. I guess it's 25nm 3K P/E asynchronous..
http://www.abload.de/img/adatausbflashdriveusb1r7t3.png
http://www.abload.de/img/desktop_2012_06_04_000q70k.png
Stupid question perhaps but here goes anyway;
Looking at the charts in post 1 can I assume that if a given 60Gig drive reaches MWI in xTB written then the `120Gig version of the same drive should hit MWI in 2xTB and the 240 in 4xTB etc?
This is mostly true for most drives. Most drives use average PE cycle count to determine MWI 1, meaning a drive with flash rated for 5K PE cycles will consume 1 percent of MWI every 50 PE cycles. The 64GB Turbo I ran used 1 PE cycle for every 56GB written, so for every 2800 GiB written in the test the drive would reduce MWI by 1.
Some drives, like the M3P and the Octane, rely on reallocations to determine MWI, meaning MWI will never decrease until there is a block failure.
amazing the Samsung 830 hasn't slowed 1 bit.
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BTW Toshiba intros 19nm NANDs with 64GB version write speed of 240MiB/s
http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press...6/pr_j0401.htm
kaktus your usb flash pen is not aligned.
Generic USB Drive – 4 GB
Writes: 390.34 GB
Average speed: 2.68 MB/s
So after 7 days I put the drives back in the endurance rig. Both drives' average speed is down by 5MB/s, and current speeds never quite get as high. Even with all power saving technologies disabled and on the same RST version, it's just not as fast. Almost, but not quite.
same MB or different?
Todays update:
m4
999.0270 TiB
4201 hours
Avg speed 73.82 MiB/s.
AD gone from 42 to 38
P/E 17225.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493194
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
684.16 TiB
23512 hours
Reallocated sectors : 114 to 123
Available Reserved space: 77
MWI= 91 to 82
MD5 =OK
43.68 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493203
Intel X25-E 64GB
198.28 TiB
600-30=570 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
99.73 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493195
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 3.5641 TiB
Host write 6,3484 TiB
Total host write 53,8839 TiB
1 day
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
47.73 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493196
Intel 330 120GB
123.19TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 0
Available Reserved Space : E8 100
MWI 87
[F1] Total LBAs Written 4036763
[F2] Total LBAs Read 22624 // no movement
[F9] Total NAND Writes 88918GB
POH 323
MD5 OK
122.77MiB/s on avg (~228 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1010.98TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9049
MD5 OK
33.36MiB/s on avg (~228 hours)
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Both drives are now running RC2. (just part of testing, RC2 will be available tomorrow)
Attachment 127354
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 8
202,818.03 GiB
189.06 TiB
267.70 MB/s Avg, down from 273.49 MB/s in the other rig
206 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 77
1,874,882.36 GiB
1,830.94 TiB
295 MB/s Average down from 299.72 MB/s in the other rig
1850 Hours
8141 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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As competition to Anvil's Intel 330, I present the Sandisk Extreme G25 - 120gig.
Sporting 128gig of 24nm Toggle NAND and the sandforce controller, Sandisk has created a little ripper of a drive at a very competitive price. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the sandforce controller, and the configuration of NAND in this drive, speed will be a little bit slower then the Intel 330. However, it is also a bit cheaper, and can be gotten in larger sizes then the intel 330.
Initial SMART values
Attachment 127367
Benchmarks
Attachment 127368
Attachment 127369
Running ASU endurance test
Attachment 127370
Notes: I does appear that the sandforce controller can manage bad blocks .... loading the initial data on the drive caused a couple of bad blocks to appear. This drive must have escaped the factory before it's bad blocks where fully found.
Edit: I am using same specs as other drives, but have 64gig of static data to match Anvil's 330.
The Sandisk Extreme should be very interesting vs the 330
I had expected the Extreme to be a bit faster than the Intel, having said that, I'm positively surprised by the performance of the 330.
Corsair Neutron could be the next one to test, scheduled to be available in July. (new controller)
Intel 520 60GB - Day 100
Drive hours: 2,351
ASU GiB written: 745,570.30 GiB (728.09 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 93.37 MB/s
MD5: OK
Host GB written (F1): 750,789.25 GiB (733.19 TiB, 24025256 raw)
NAND writes (F9): 531,501 GiB (519.04 TiB)
Reallocated sectors (05): 0
Failure count (AB, AC): 0 program, 0 erase
Raw Error Rate (8B): 120 normalised
Avaliable Reserved Space (AA): 100 normalised
Media Wearout Indicator (E9): 1
Sandisk Extreme G25 - 120gb - Day 0
Drive hours: 2
ASU GiB written: 722.44 GiB (0.71 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 119.28 MB/s
Host GB written (F1): 820 GiB (0.80 TiB)
NAND writes (E9): 631 GiB (0.62 TiB)
Retired Block Count (05): 2
Failure count (AB, AC): 1 program, 0 erase
Raw Error Rate (01): 120 normalized
Media Wearout Indicator (E7): 100 normalized
Wear Range Delta (B1): 0 raw
Reported Uncorrectable Errors (BB): 0 raw
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 9
219,135.95 GiB
214.00 TiB
269.94 MB/s Avg, down from 273.49 MB/s in the other rig
225 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 79
1,891,886.94 GiB
1,847.54 TiB
290.52 MB/s Average down from 299.72 MB/s in the other rig
1871 Hours
8214 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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The 830 has 12,350 GiB more in LBA writes than ASU.
Out of the box reallocations are seldom positive. Is the 120GB Extreme using 64gbit dice?
That's true, otoh the 330 is said to be using 6 channels. (6 out of 8)
I'll update post#1 with the new contestant.
Attachment 127378
Generic USB Drive – 4 GB
Writes: 619.6 GB
Average speed: 2.68 MB/s
The 330 is using all 8 channels on the 60/120s.
I suppose it's possible be that the 180GB is only using 6 channels with 4 way interleaving, but the 180GB 330 is also different in that it's using "redundancy" (ie Intel RAISE), not found on the other models.
All in all, the 330 is pretty excellent IMHO, I'm curious to see if the 120GB happens to last forever too.
Todays update:
m4
1004.1994 TiB
4222 hours
Avg speed 74.70 MiB/s.
AD gone from 38 to 35
P/E 17312.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493274
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
686.87 TiB
23532 hours
Reallocated sectors : 123 to 127
Available Reserved space: 77 to 76
MWI= 82 to 76
MD5 =OK
39.04 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493273
Intel X25-E 64GB
204.58 TiB
620-30=590 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
90.93 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493276
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 6.7407 TiB
Host write 12,1457 TiB
Total host write 59,6812 TiB
Day 2
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
46.97 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493275
3 days left to 1 PiB :)
But after the Mtron started both my Intel drives have dropped their writespeed. Looks like my endurance rig is taking a beating at the moment :D
I've got a few unboxed 520's 120GB, I'll compare it to the 330, if they don't compare it could still be down to different firmwares.
Not sure where the number of channels discussion started or if it ever ended :), there also were speculations on 3K NAND which doesn't seem to fit either.
@B.A.T
3rd drive to get past 1PB, not bad :)
4 drives doesn't leave much room for other than testing (I expect it's doing nothing but testing), with that combination of drives it's probably what your rig can take.
7 months of writing and finally I'm at 1 PB. 1 PiB in another 3 days. This m4 has behaved differently than the first. It could either be the upgraded fw or quality of the nand but this one has less reported error than the first and the wa is also lower. The first had 1.06 and this is around 1,004
It's a dedicated rig placed in my basement so it doesn't need to do much else :)
4 test drives + a boot device is a lot for one rig to handle. If I start testing some more drives, I'll have to figure out an alternate hardware arrangement.
The M3P and 830 don't seem to be butting heads, but they are slightly slower in the dedicated enterprise rig.
I have been contemplating swapping the mobo and CPU out for a newer uATX AMD. I have a couple old AMD Athlon IIs laying about, so I could just get a new board and trade out the H67. If I start testing another 6gbps drive, I'll have to do something and that might be more cost effective.
With a 3th 6.0 Gb/s ssd that might be a good idea. :up:
Not having more than 2x 6Gbs ports is a real pain.
My AMD rig (CHIV) developed some instability that I never was able to fix, I'll have to consider where to start making changes.
On the 330 vs 520 thing, I wasn't able to test the 520 on the same platform where the 330 was tested (it's now running W8) but from what I can see, performance is in favor of the 520, by a small margin.
I tried testing the 330 but wasn't able to get it back to FOB speed by normal means and I won't secure erase it during testing.
I might do an experiment at some point to see if performance can be restored to FOB state.
Just got this one today:
http://monimag.eu/upload/977/as-ssd ...k 480gb.th.jpg
This is after throwing 300GB of data on it.
No, it's not for testing here :D
Intel 330 120GB
137.95TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 0
Available Reserved Space : E8 100
MWI 85
[F1] Total LBAs Written 4520422
[F2] Total LBAs Read 30800 // not much use in this one
[F9] Total NAND Writes 99577GB
POH 359
MD5 OK
122.85MiB/s on avg (~15 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1015.13TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9085
MD5 OK
33.93MiB/s on avg (~15 hours)
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kensiko
I've been thinking of that exact drive as I need the space (and they are currently discounted)
What's up with 4K writes at QD1? (a re-run might show normal figures)
Sequentials are looking good.
Intel 520 60GB - Day 101
Drive hours: 2,373
ASU GiB written: 752,803.39 GiB (735.16 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 93.17 MB/s
MD5: OK
Host GB written (F1): 758,057.09 GiB (740.29 TiB, 24257827 raw)
NAND writes (F9): 536,645 GiB (524.07 TiB)
Reallocated sectors (05): 0
Failure count (AB, AC): 0 program, 0 erase
Raw Error Rate (8B): 120 normalised
Avaliable Reserved Space (AA): 100 normalised
Media Wearout Indicator (E9): 1
Sandisk Extreme G25 - 120gb - Day 1
Drive hours: 24
ASU GiB written: 10,041.75 GiB (9.81 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 120.13 MB/s
MD5: OK
Host GB written (F1): 10,185 GiB (9.95 TiB)
NAND writes (E9): 7,569 GiB (7.39 TiB)
Retired Block Count (05): 2
Failure count (AB, AC): 1 program, 0 erase
Raw Error Rate (01): 120 normalized
Media Wearout Indicator (E7): 100 normalized
Wear Range Delta (B1): 3 raw
Reported Uncorrectable Errors (BB): 0 raw
The Sandisk has not had any further reallocations from the last 24 hours. I wonder when the media wear indicator is going to start moving? Also, the Power-on hours normalized value went from 100 to 0 in 24 hours ... so I think write throttling won't be a problem on this drive, unlike the silicon power drive from before.
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 10
241,493.45 GiB
235.83 TiB
272.10 MB/s Avg, down from 273.49 MB/s in the other rig
248 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 79
1,916,184.25 GiB
1,871.27 TiB
304.34 MB/s Average
1894 Hours
8319 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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I wonder about the Samsung, it just looks to go on and on and...
I looked at the 64GB drive (which was not exactly dead but still out of the contest) and you are way past what one could expect by just scaling up the figures from the 64GB drive.
415iTB and "P/E" (Host writes / Capacity) ended at ~7130 is the latest recording I've got and that would translate to 1660TiB, you are already +210TiB .
Attachment 127401
Anvil,
The 64GB 830 was subject to crazy high WA due to 01FW. When I put 02FW on it, WA went back to normal. Since the 256GB is on 03FW, the numbers aren't really comparable.
The 256GB is using 1 avg PE cycle for every 230GB written, the 64GB was using 1 for every 16GB or so for the first two weeks of testing until I put 02FW on it. After that it was 1 for every 58GB or so. I'd have to go back and look.
Attachment 127403Attachment 127404
When I stopped testing of the 64GB it had over 16,000PE cycles on it.
Generic USB Drive – 4 GB
Writes: 620.11 GB
Average speed: 2.71 MB/s
Write speed has increased from 2.45 MB/s to 2.71 MB/s from start to current. Seems that write speeds increase as the NAND “wears in.”
btw 19 nm Toshiba Toggle Nands with Sandforce Controller
http://thessdreview.com/latest-buzz/...x-2012-update/
19nm toggle nands should be Toggle Mode 2.0 right? 400MT/s or these are still ver 1.0 200MT/s just like 24nm Type B T-Nands?
Assuming a WAF of 1.10, the M3P has used 2184 PE cycles. It's doing about 957.34 GiB an hour, or around 8.3 PE cycles per hour.
To date, the 830 has 1,933,004 GiB in LBA writes (8338 Wear Leveling Count). 1,933,004 / 8338 WLC = 231.83GiB per WLC. Since the LBA writes are about 12TB ahead of ASU, dividing WLC by ASU's figure equals about 230GiB/WLC. This number has been consistent throughout the first 79 days of testing. The 830 is using >4 PE cycles per hour, or 105 to 110 per day.
EDIT
I timed it, and in 7 hours the 830 used 30 PE cycles, about 4.28 an hour. Sometimes the drive is faster, sometimes slower, and I'm not sure if the slower periods are using more or less PE cycles. You really have to average it out over 7 days or so.
Todays update:
m4
1010.9994 TiB
4248 hours
Avg speed 74.56 MiB/s.
AD gone from 35 to 32
P/E 17427.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493455
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
690.58 TiB
23558 hours
Reallocated sectors : 127 to 132
Available Reserved space: 76
MWI= 76 to 66
MD5 =OK
39.89 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493454
Intel X25-E 64GB
212.96 TiB
646-30=616 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
91.17 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493456
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 11.0486 TiB
Host write 20,0083 TiB
Total host write 67,5438 TiB
Day 3
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
47.08 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493457
Intel 330 120GB
147.30TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 0
Available Reserved Space : E8 100
MWI 84
[F1] Total LBAs Written 4826712
[F2] Total LBAs Read 30800 // not much use in this one
[F9] Total NAND Writes 106325GB
POH 381
MD5 OK
122.86MiB/s on avg (~37 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1017.66TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9108
MD5 OK
33.50MiB/s on avg (~37 hours)
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 10
266,094.42 GiB
259.86 TiB
272.63 MB/s Avg, down from 273.49 MB/s in the other rig
274 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 80
1,941,575.25 GiB
1,896.07 TiB
299.47 MB/s Average
1920 Hours
8431 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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The 830 is only a couple days (~48 hours) from 2,000,000 GiB in ASU, but LBA writes are 13TB ahead. It should hit 2PiB next week sometime.
Getting close to 2PB :)
It's a record breaker!
Fingers crossed....
Todays update:
m4
1016.7463 TiB
4271 hours
Avg speed 73.87 MiB/s.
AD gone from 32 to 28
P/E 17523.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493589
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
693.82 TiB
23581 hours
Reallocated sectors : 132 to 136
Available Reserved space: 76
MWI= 66 to 57
MD5 =OK
40.14 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493588
Intel X25-E 64GB
220.20 TiB
669-30=639 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
91.11 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493590
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 14.7878 TiB
Host write 26,8596 TiB
Total host write 74,3951 TiB
Day 4
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
47.11 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493591
Generic USB Drive – 4 GB
Writes: 889.80 GB
Average speed: 2.72 MB/s
Going to have to suspend for a week as I'm going to be traveling.
The USB Drive is a bit interesting, as is SD/CF cards for DSLRs, they do take some beating.
I've been using a 32GB SanDisk Cruzer? for years, still working but is noticeably slower than it used to be, large files are OK but small files are taking forever.
Not sure how much is written but it was used on a daily basis and a few times a week for "backup" of a single ~2GB file, I have tried and there is no way of restoring performance.
A USB thumb drive does not have a controller (AFAIK), so it’s about as close as you can get to testing NAND only without specialist equipment. I was interested to see how well the NAND stacked up with no controller vs a sophisticated SSD controller. TBH I knew I was going to be travelling, but I didn’t think it would have lasted until then. It’s a bit annoying to have to stop, but theoretically it should be well within P/E cycles, so hopefully no big deal.
Ummm, no, USB thumb drives certainly have controllers. They perform wear leveling and command multiplexing like destop drives. Most won't be as complicated nor as advanced as the sandforce and marvell SSD controllers, but the basic functionality is there.
USB/CF/SD:SSD :: WW I Biplane:F22 Raptor
Some mobile devices have a couple of flash ICs that are managed and operated by the SoC as I understand it, while others have discreet flash controllers.
I've seen a few usb 3.0 sticks that are actually lil mini ssds...think there is even one that uses a SF1200 if I remember correctly, not cheap tho.
That's quite true. Many USB 3.0 devices really blur the line, I was more referring to "old-style" USB drives. There are quite a few in-between solutions and some are more SSDs (or are SSDs). But that USB stick I've had floating around for the past 6 years? Probably not that bright.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thumb_drive
l'm using a usb 2 thumb drive. The controller is very basic, certainly nothing like a ssd controller.
My 64 gb Kingston USB 3 DataTraveller :)
http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/h...20608-0651.png
Intel 520 60GB - Day 103
Drive hours: 2,421
ASU GiB written: 768,721.26 GiB (750.71 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 93.21 MB/s
MD5: OK
Host GB written (F1): 774,055.06 GiB (755.91 TiB, 24769762 raw)
NAND writes (F9): 547,971 GiB (535.13 TiB)
Reallocated sectors (05): 0
Failure count (AB, AC): 0 program, 0 erase
Raw Error Rate (8B): 120 normalised
Avaliable Reserved Space (AA): 100 normalised
Media Wearout Indicator (E9): 1
Sandisk Extreme G25 - 120gb - Day 3
Drive hours: 73
ASU GiB written: 30,467.31 GiB (29.75 TiB)
Avg MB/s: 120.38 MB/s
MD5: OK
Host GB written (F1): 30,712 GiB (29.99 TiB)
NAND writes (E9): 22,942 GiB (22.40 TiB)
Retired Block Count (05): 4
Failure count (AB, AC): 1 program, 1 erase
Raw Error Rate (01): 104 normalized
Media Wearout Indicator (E7): 97 normalized
Wear Range Delta (B1): 4 raw
Reported Uncorrectable Errors (BB): 0 raw
I got an erase failure this time that knocked out a couple more blocks on the sandisk extreme. At least it promises to be an interesting ride if nothing else! My calculations at this stage seem to indicate the sandisk firmware is programmed for 3000 write cycles (like the corsair force 3)
Silicon Motion SM3255P controller
Target Performance
- MLC sustained read rate: 22MB/s*
- MLC sustained write rate: 12MB/s*
- TLC sustained read rate: 18MB/s*
- TLC sustained write rate: 9MB/s*
datasheet
http://www.abload.de/img/sam_1485_resized9v7ou.jpg
Micron 25nm 32gbit 3K P/E NAND asynchronous
http://h12.abload.de/img/sam_1470_resizedz1uqd.jpg
Todays update:
m4
1021.9420 TiB
4292 hours
Avg speed 73.66 MiB/s.
AD gone from 28 to 25
P/E 17610.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493692
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
696.74 TiB
23602 hours
Reallocated sectors : 136 to 142
Available Reserved space: 76 to 75
MWI= 57 to 50
MD5 =OK
40.29 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493691
Intel X25-E 64GB
226.74 TiB
690-30=660 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
91.20 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493689
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 18.1485 TiB
Host write 33,0259 TiB
Total host write 80,5614 TiB
Day 5
MWI= 99
MD5 =OK
47.13 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493690
8 hours left to 1 PiB :)
That 520 is barreling towards 1pb without a single reallocation. I wonder when it'll pop...
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 11
289,386.14 GiB
282.86 TiB
271.48 MB/s Avg, down from 273.49 MB/s in the other rig
298 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 80
1,967,199.61 GiB
1,921.07 TiB
293.82 MB/s Average
1945 Hours
8542 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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The march to 2PB continues. It actually has 1,980,526 GiB of LBA writes, but only 1,967,199 in ASU.
Well, it's "only" at 535TB of NAND writes ;)
The first 64GB M4 died without a reallocation, and the second one is at 1000TB without a reallocation yet. By comparison, my 830 256GB "only" made it to 1PB without a reallocation, but it's a 256. It's almost at 2PB with 7 reallocations, and I'm happy with that.
Most Crucial's are already flagged with Bad Blocks, found in the "Factory Bad Blocks" SMART attribute.
So, there are some bad blocks, I don't think I've got a single Crucial w/o some blocks flagged. (this should be adapted by all vendors)
Very few drives actually show the factory bad block count. Indilinx on Cognac firmware and the Microns/Crucials are the lone drives which do (that I can think of off the top of my head).
I think some of the keys to success are successfully identifying questionable blocks during manufacturing. But it's fairly impressive that so many drives are making it past MWI before flagging bad blocks at "runtime"
I've probably mentioned that some of the G2's had bad blocks right from the start. (X25-V's in particular)
Attachment 127452
The m4 is ahead of the X25-V, it made it just in time for 1PiB :)
@Christopher
Your plextor is about to exceed the octane's life ... that is a good thing.
And that ladys and gentlemen, is 1 PiB :bday2:
m4
1024.8467 TiB
4304 hours
Avg speed for the whole run is 69.35 MiB/s.
AD 24
P/E 17659.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493784http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493783
Bravo! Think about all the drives which never made it this far... The list is long. And now we have two drives past 1PiB and one closing in on 2PiB.
It's been a bumpy ride, that's for sure :)
I hope the G1 also makes it to 1 PiB. 300TiB left and it's strugling some.
Time for a retention test on that m4 *mwhahahaha*
But grats on the 1PB ... I didn't think the m4 could make it.
The 256GB 830 is 4x the capacity of the 64GB M4, and does 4x the M4's average speed. Of course, the M3P is 2x the capacity and almost 4x the M4's average speed, so at this point, I'd say the Crucial with 18K PE cycles on it will still probably outlive the M3P.
Thank you! :)
The first m4 showed signs of failure from 700 TiB but this one has been nice all the way. I had plans to test retention after 1 PiB and I think I'll try some 6, 12 and 24h after the weekend.
Have you calculated the WA on those drives? The m4 got at the moment a very low WA and I think that is what's took it this far.
Sure the difference is huge between a drive that does write amp of 5 and a drive that does 1.5 ... however there shouldn't be much difference between a drive that does 1.1 write amp and a drive that does 1.05.
My suspicion is that NAND manufacturing has improved over the last year on the 25nm node, and with newer firmware, have combined to make the NAND more resistant to write wear/bit fade. On the other hand, it could simply be luck ... it wouldn't take much to screw up a drive and make it panic lock.
The 830 is right at 1.10, the M3P I'm not so sure about, but I have no reason to believe its higher than 1.1ish. Practically every drive with TRIM should be able to manage 1.1 with endurance test loads.
Intel 330 120GB
168.17TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 0
Available Reserved Space : E8 100
MWI 82
[F1] Total LBAs Written 5510665
[F2] Total LBAs Read 30844 // not much use in this one
[F9] Total NAND Writes 121390GB
POH 430
MD5 OK
123.08MiB/s on avg (~17 hours)
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Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1023.47TB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9157
MD5 OK
36.02MiB/s on avg (~17 hours)
FYI, there is a 11.5 RST Beta driver out, TRIM in RAID 0 or 1 array.
http://www.station-drivers.com/page/intel%20raid.htm
11.5.0.1171 beta does not look to bring TRIM to raid yet.
I've tested on W8 which was where one thought it would start working, there is still something missing.
(tested on a P8P67 (rev1), orom 10.5.0.1034, it might require an updated orom, so, if there is an updated bios with 11.5... OROM I'll give it a try)
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Plextor M3P 128GB Day 12
312,528.18 GiB
305.20 TiB
272.31 MB/s Average
322 Hours
Rellocated Event Count 0
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Samsung 830 256GB Day 82
1,967,199.61 GiB
1,921.07 TiB
292.22 MB/s Average
1969 Hours
8648 Wear Leveling Count
MWI 1
7/0 Erase/Program Fail
Used Reserved Block Count: 14/28672 sectors
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Attachment 127463
That's 2,005,063GiB in LBA writes.
Kingston SSDNow 40GB (X25-V)
1.00PiB Host writes
Reallocated sectors : 05 46
Available Reserved Space : E8 99
POH 9167
MD5 OK
33.33MiB/s on avg (~9 hours)
Attachment 127469
Congratz Anvil!! :clap: A little over a year of writing for the poor little ssd... A true accomplishment to the toughness of the Intel controller and 34nm nand.
Might be time for the P/E graph again with all this milestones being passed.
Todays update:
m4
1029.0958 TiB
4321 hours
Avg speed 74.77 MiB/s.
AD gone from 24 to 21
P/E 17730.
CE 26
MD5 OK.
Reallocated sectors : 00
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493858
Intel X25-M G1 80GB
700.68 TiB
23630hours
Reallocated sectors : 142 to 152
Available Reserved space: 75
MWI= 50 to 44
MD5 =OK
39.40 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493857
Intel X25-E 64GB
235.72 TiB
718-30=688 hours
Reallocated sectors : 0
Available Reserved space: 100
MWI= 98
MD5 =OK
92.53 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493859
Mtron Pro 7025 32GB
ASU write 21.4589 TiB
Host write 39,1834 TiB
Total host write 86,7190 TiB
Day 6
MWI= 99 to 98
MD5 =OK
47.04 MiB/s on avg
http://www.diskusjon.no/index.php?ap...tach_id=493860
A lot of things going on at the same time now. 1 PiB for the m4 today. The G1 passed 700 TiB and are going through a retention test tomorrow and I had a deja-vu today.
The Mtron pulled a Kingston V+100 on me and dropped out earlier today. Lets just hope it'll not repeat that to much otherwise I'll get really tired of restarting my endruance rig.
On the other hand the mwi dropped from 99 to 98 after 21.4589 TiB of ASU write. To be more accurate I need it to drop another to 97 just to be sure how much host write it takes to make it drop 1%.
I was thinking of testing retention on the m4 but then I might miss the chance to get it into a read only state. What do you think?
Oh how I hope that Sammy makes it to 2 PiB :D I was surprised when it hit 1.5.
I must say I'm not sure what to think of the X25-E already dropping its MWI to 98, shouldn't SLC outlive MLC by a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG shot? As far as I'm aware, the X25-E is rated at 100,000 P/E cycles. That's something like 72 GB/day for a century.
It took 150 TiB to drop 1%. that is 14.6 PiB not taking into account WA without trim. I think it'll last a very long time but we just have to wait and see if the drop is going at the same rate or if it changes.
Edit:
100K*80GB=8PB
MWI shows better than the spec.
This is what happens when you browse the forums late at night, I read it as 23.572 TiB :/
An easy mistake to make :) At least the X25-E looks better now then?
I'm curious to see if mwi follows P/E of 1000=80 TB or like now with 150 TiB.
I think the Samsung 470 reached a read only mode before it died.