Page history
21 September 2020
28 June 2020
Update background to reflect the present reality in 2020 WRT power failure protection.
+1,928
Add Micron 5210 Ion
m+95
→PSU Hold-up Times
m−4
Typo fix
m
27 June 2020
Add UPS battery tips
+366
Added note about TRIM on Optane
m+43
→Optane / 3D XPoint SSDs
m+2
Added list of Optane drives (that is really just one right now)
m+895
Recommend against using Seagate Nytro 5000 M.2 as a SLOG device
m+77
Add section for Optane / 3D XPoint SSDs
m+387
Formatted NVMe low level formatting
m+2
Moved NVMe low level formatting to its own subsection.
m−1
Added NVMe low level formatting section
+390
Added clarification to PSU Hold-up times
m+53
Minor clarification to PWR_OK information
m+13
Style fix
m+9
Added note about PWR_OK signal
m+632
Added section on PSU hold-up times
+2,066
Added link to page describing NVMe tools for low level formatting
m+69
→NVMe drives with power failure protection
m+42
Added XP1920LE30002
m+3,019
22 April 2017
→Power
m−5
→Power
m+87
Add section on electrical power
+498
Add section on BIOS / CPU microcode updates
+768
19 April 2017
Update remarks on flash pages
m+216
Fix remark on M.2 SSD data buses to acknowledge SATA versions exist.
m+9
7 April 2017
Sort sections in alphabetical order
mMinor text change
m−46
Split SAS/SATA drives with power failure protection into separate sections for SAS and SATA
+39
Add Crucial M600 and mark various Crucial and Intel drives as SATA
+47
Add Crucial MX300
m−14
Add Crucial MX100 and remove note about MX200 being inexpensive as I am not watching prices very much.
−17
Added SAS/SATA Toshiba models from https://toshiba.semicon-storage.com/us/product/storage-products/enterprise-ssd.html - The number of Toshiba models is ridiculous.
m+306
Add DC P3500 and DC P3600.
m+1
Add Toshiba ZD6300
+17
The Intel 750 in the 2.5" form factor is actually NVMe via U.2. It should not be on the SAS/SATA list.
m−51
6 April 2017
Added more Samsung drives
+80
Added Samsung NVMe drives
m+35
Add Intel 750 to SAS/SATA section
m+51
Reorganize flash storage section, add NVMe drives, add disclaimer on vendor neutrality, add criteria for inclusion into list and recommendation that anyone who finds an omission contact the openzfs mailing list.
+2,146
The Intel 330 and 335 have been found not to have power failure protection, contrary to earlier reports.
m+158