Have ProLiant DL160 Gen8 servers with the P420 controller. As an experiment, I mounted some cheap consumer grade Samsung 840 EVO SSDs into 3rd party carriers and everything worked great. LEDs worked. Smart Storage Administrator displayed the wear status (percentage of life remaining). Everything worked perfectly, just like genuine HP parts.
Then I pulled the junky EVOs and put in some 850 PROs. But then, the Smart Storage Admin showed wear status "not supported".
OK, so I removed the 850 PROs and put in Samsung Enterprise SM863s. Still, wear status shows "not supported".
Does anyone know WHY the Smart Storage Admin console happily displayed wear status on the cheap-junk 840 EVO.... but not on the more expensive 850 PRO or even the much more expensive SM863 Enterprise SSDs?
I am VERY hesitant to put a machine in production without being able to monitor SSD wear, but I'm also NOT going to pay HP's horribly obscene prices for SSDs.... not when Samsung makes a highly durable Enterprise class SSD.
Your thoughts?
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SSD Wear Status "Not Supported"
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