On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 03:06:34PM +0000, Andy Smith wrote: > On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 05:42:35PM +0300, Reco wrote: > > It's a cheap model (relatively), and lack all those fancy BBU features, > > but it works for my employer: > > > > # smartctl -a /dev/sdj > > ... > > Vendor: SAMSUNG > > Product: MZILT1T9HAJQ/007 > > Datasheet says: > > * Enhanced Power-Loss Data Protection with Tantal capacitors
It does not have a battery = it does not have a BBU. Samsung can dance around that fact all they want, but it won't change. The lack of BBU does not bother me though (there are backups for worst-case scenarios), and that server is on UPS anyway. Possible firmware bugs (these things are new, this unit was produced about a year ago), and, of course, the scourge of modern Enterprise SSDs - temperature loss - these I'm wary of. Reco
