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Samsung Pro-series NVMe seems to be liked quite a bit.

formerly_proven 3y ago
Recently had a bad firmware version causing orders of magnitude increased NAND wear. Apparently took Puget Systems bugging Samsung about it to get a fix issued. Nobody’s perfect.
- ls612 3y ago
  The best case scenario is that the product ships with perfectly bug free software. The second best case is that when a major bug is discovered it gets fixed quickly which Samsung did. IMO that’s a bigger measure of a company’s quality, how they react when something inevitably goes wrong.
- CamperBob2 3y ago
  Puget Systems' handling of that issue earned them a $10K order from me after the HN story appeared. Super impressed with the customer focus exhibited by them.
SomeoneFromCA 3y ago
They have problems in Linux with autotrim, to the extent Ubuntu put trimming script into cron, if it detects Samsung SSD when installed.
- whitepoplar 3y ago
  What's the best NVMe drive for linux these days? (Seamless firmware updates, autotrim, rock-solid reliability)
  - ciupicri 3y ago
    By the way, but I've discovered that Seagate has published the source code for openSeaChest [1]: > openSeaChest is a collection of comprehensive, easy-to-use command line diagnostic tools and programming libraries for storage devices that help you quickly determine the health and status of your storage product. The collection includes several tests that show device information, properties and settings. It includes several tests which may modify the storage product such as power management features or firmware download. It includes various commands to examine the physical media on your storage device. Close to 200 commands and sub-commands are available in the various openSeaChest utilities. These are described in more detail below. I also recommend reading the Arch Linux wiki [2]. I'd also have a look at the Linux kernel quirks [3][4]. [1]: https://github.com/Seagate/openSeaChest https://github.com/Seagate/openSeaChest [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/NVMe#Firmware_update https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/NVMe#Firm... [3]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/nvme/feature-and-quirk-policy.html#quirks https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/nvme/feature-and-quir... [4]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c?h=v6.4#n3314 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...
feedsmgmt 3y ago
They have been having issues https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/pc-maker-pulls-samsung-pro-ssds-after-users-report-abnormal-health-drops/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/pc-maker-pulls-samsu...
- jeffbee 3y ago
  Damn, it's incredible how much HN hates AMP, and how much better and faster this AMP presentation is compared to Ars' usual hostile layout.

Recently had a bad firmware version causing orders of magnitude increased NAND wear. Apparently took Puget Systems bugging Samsung about it to get a fix issued. Nobody’s perfect.

ls612 3y ago
The best case scenario is that the product ships with perfectly bug free software. The second best case is that when a major bug is discovered it gets fixed quickly which Samsung did. IMO that’s a bigger measure of a company’s quality, how they react when something inevitably goes wrong.
CamperBob2 3y ago
Puget Systems' handling of that issue earned them a $10K order from me after the HN story appeared. Super impressed with the customer focus exhibited by them.

SomeoneFromCA 3y ago

They have problems in Linux with autotrim, to the extent Ubuntu put trimming script into cron, if it detects Samsung SSD when installed.

whitepoplar 3y ago
What's the best NVMe drive for linux these days? (Seamless firmware updates, autotrim, rock-solid reliability)
- ciupicri 3y ago
  By the way, but I've discovered that Seagate has published the source code for openSeaChest [1]: > openSeaChest is a collection of comprehensive, easy-to-use command line diagnostic tools and programming libraries for storage devices that help you quickly determine the health and status of your storage product. The collection includes several tests that show device information, properties and settings. It includes several tests which may modify the storage product such as power management features or firmware download. It includes various commands to examine the physical media on your storage device. Close to 200 commands and sub-commands are available in the various openSeaChest utilities. These are described in more detail below. I also recommend reading the Arch Linux wiki [2]. I'd also have a look at the Linux kernel quirks [3][4]. [1]: https://github.com/Seagate/openSeaChest https://github.com/Seagate/openSeaChest [2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/NVMe#Firmware_update https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_state_drive/NVMe#Firm... [3]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/nvme/feature-and-quirk-policy.html#quirks https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/nvme/feature-and-quir... [4]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/drivers/nvme/host/pci.c?h=v6.4#n3314 https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/lin...

feedsmgmt 3y ago

They have been having issues https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/pc-maker-pulls-samsung-pro-ssds-after-users-report-abnormal-health-drops/amp/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/02/pc-maker-pulls-samsu...

jeffbee 3y ago
Damn, it's incredible how much HN hates AMP, and how much better and faster this AMP presentation is compared to Ars' usual hostile layout.