Wonder if that's why he didn't answer me when I asked how many PBW were left on these cards? I'm sorry for you guys, but glad I didn't pull the trigger on this one!
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3.2TB SSD for $240
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While I have no issue buying used SSDs, I'd be really hesitant to pull a FusionIO card (or IOMemory card) these days - if they were being used, they were being USED. A few years ago you had the tire kickers that never really put them into production - anything left was a log drive for a DB or the like.
TheSlySyl
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Got my refund back, well that was a fun foray.
Looks like legit, new 4tb m.2 are almost down to $200, so that's gonna be my goal in the next few weeks.
Looks like legit, new 4tb m.2 are almost down to $200, so that's gonna be my goal in the next few weeks.
acquacow
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I worked at Fusion-io for 6 years, I'm still buying up used FIO gear on ebay, but usually only if folks can provide the fio-status output.
There are still lots of gems out there. I got a brand new 3.2TB SX350 at the end of last year, that was a nice find.
I support lots of Fusion-io stuff over on STH in the main Fusion-io thread if anyone has questions.
-- Dave
There are still lots of gems out there. I got a brand new 3.2TB SX350 at the end of last year, that was a nice find.
I support lots of Fusion-io stuff over on STH in the main Fusion-io thread if anyone has questions.
-- Dave
That is a LOT of writing you guys are seeing on those drives!!!
I've used my 3.2TB one, since this thread began in 2020 as my Steam, GOG, Epic, and Orgin games drive.
I'm down to a whopping 99.38% life left which is barely below where mine was when I bought it! (99.77% was what my original life was) Which is less than 1/2 of 1% life exhausted in nearly 3 years.
Sorry to hear you got some worn out duds!
I've used my 3.2TB one, since this thread began in 2020 as my Steam, GOG, Epic, and Orgin games drive.
I'm down to a whopping 99.38% life left which is barely below where mine was when I bought it! (99.77% was what my original life was) Which is less than 1/2 of 1% life exhausted in nearly 3 years.
Sorry to hear you got some worn out duds!
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acquacow
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Yeah, my two recent 3.2TB acquisitions are pretty young:
Code:
[root@nfskvm ~]# fio-status -a |grep written
Physical bytes written: 26,125,592,499,616
Physical bytes written: 6,335,470,649,880
ChoGGi
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Yeah, I thought I got an okay deal with a 69.something% when this thread was new.
Just checked, and it's 69.35% (also being used as a game drive)
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...isk-fusion-io-iodrive2-to-improve-performance
Just checked, and it's 69.35% (also being used as a game drive)
You can bump the PCIe Power limit threshold to 75 to improve performance (seems to be for smaller files)
https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/...isk-fusion-io-iodrive2-to-improve-performance
acquacow
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Driver should auto-detect the supported slot power configuration, but that's usually in server boards. In the cases that it doesn't the card limits it 25W for writes, which will hamper performance, especially for large files where the block sizes and throughput will be larger.
If your motherboard can support it, I definitely suggest configuring it for 75W writes, else, bump it up to what the board can support.
Willseyvilleny
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So my 6.4tb was so beat it couldnt even format without reducing size, contacted seller and he refunded within 30 seconds, what a bummer.
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Thought about pulling the trigger, but then after reading your usage perhaps the endurance is excessive for average users like me.
100 TBW after 2+ years of heavy usage,
That means a decent$80 Teamsgroup 2 TB sata ssd with 1.6PB endurance will get me 16 years of heavy usage....
So still an awesome drive, but probably not ideal for low power users like me. My windows boot drive after 2 years has a whopping 2 TB written! That 512 GB 970 evo will last long after I don't need it anymore.
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These aren't the greatest deals they were back when the thread started and SSDs of this capacity were much more expensive, which was when I got mine. That said, some of us weirdos are big on reliable storage with a (very) long term endurance potential and the consistent performance offered by MLC and enterprise-grade hardware. Mine does just fine as a game drive and my video/photo editing scratch drive. The speeds aren't stellar by any means, but they aren't a hindrance, either. What I really like in my SSDs is that I buy knowing I'll be able to use them in a rig with a long use life and then move it to the next one without worry.
The number of drives now available with the low read/write stats look to be mostly dried up, which is a bit of a shame as I'm hoping for the 6.4s to show up.