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Date:      Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:50:10 -0000
From:      "Steven Hartland" <killing@multiplay.co.uk>
To:        "Jeremy Chadwick" <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>, "Peter Maloney" <peter.maloney@brockmann-consult.de>
Cc:        freebsd-fs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: sanity check:  is 9211-8i, on 8.3, with IT firmware still "the one"
Message-ID:  <2E561EFEF6054756B96B0416D1075D75@multiplay.co.uk>
References:  <alpine.BSF.2.00.1201191604510.19710@kozubik.com><4F192ADA.5020903@brockmann-consult.de> <20120120090915.GA90876@icarus.home.lan>

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeremy Chadwick" <freebsd@jdc.parodius.com>
> My below comment is unrelated to mps driver bugs and so on, but:
> 
> Owners of Crucial m4 SSDs need to be aware of this catastrophic problem
> with the drives: Crucial m4 SSDs begin to fail (data loss) starting at
> the 5200 power-on-hours count.  Apparently the problem is triggered by
> some sort of SMART-related ordeal as well (I have no details).  This is
> a firmware bug and has been confirmed by Crucial.
> 
> A firmware fix just came out a few days ago for the problem.  Here's the
> URL where I was made aware of this problem (note the trailing hyphen
> please):
> 
> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r26745697-
> 
> And media confirmations:
> 
> http://www.theverge.com/2012/1/17/2713178/crucial-m4-ssd-firmware-update-fixes-recurring-bsod
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5308/crucial-to-fix-m4-bsod-issue-in-two-weeks
> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5424/crucial-provides-a-firmware-update-for-m4-to-fix-the-bsod-issue
> 
> I've now added Crucial to my SSD brands to avoid (currently OCZ and
> Crucial).  Welcome to year 20xx, where nobody actually does quality
> assurance properly.

OCZ is on our list as the drives get into a state of VERY low throughput
which even a secure erase can't fix. Corsair disk using the same chipset
don't have this issues, so that's what we're using now :)

    Regards
    Steve

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