> Am 04.03.2016 um 17:10 schrieb Robert Mustacchi <r...@joyent.com>: > > On 3/4/16 7:14 , Dirk Steinberg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> has anyone tried the new Samsung 950 Pro on SmartOS? >> It is a PCIe-based NVMe SSD in M.2 form factor. >> >> Can anyone say if it would be suitable as a log disk? > > The question you need to ask yourself is what is your duty cycle going > to be. For the 256 GB device, the endurance is rated to 200 TBW for its > lifetime. You'll want to figure out if that lifetime fits your intended > usage and how long you intend the part to last and how heavily you're > intending to use the device. > > For a home machine, it may be fine depending entirely on what you're > doing with the machine. I would not recommend it for a production server
OK, this assessment is purely on endurance? Are there any SMART counters one could read out of an SSD to see how many writes one has consumed out of the available, say 200TB? So I know that my drive is say 30% used up? Apart from that: is NVMe support in SmartOS considered stable? Dirk > Robert > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/184463/25769125-55cfbc00 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
