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May 7th, 2013 14:00
Use indicators for SSD MLC drives
I recently purchased a Dell R720XD with 24 SSD MLC SATA drives, model number: mz5ea200hmdr
Checking iDrac and with Dell, I find there is not an easy way to follow life-left on these drives? Is this the case? Do they simply just go from working to fail without warning?
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May 7th, 2013 16:00
Labcoat,
You can access the boot menu via F11 at startup and then select System Utilities- Launch Diagnostics. You can then run a DST short test on the drives.
Most of the time, unless hardware in drive fails, the drive will go to predicted failure before failing completely.
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May 8th, 2013 10:00
I just did what you recommended and I see how it works/the "Results" tab.
I really wish there was a way to show a % of life left or used however.
labcoat
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May 8th, 2013 11:00
Also, I would like to be able to do tests such as this via iDrac and/or, when the server is online, and not "pre-boot" <-- is this possible?