[RndTbl] weird ssd image issue

[Wyatt Zacharias]

I think it was OCZ that had a bunch of problems with the controllers in
those SSDs going bad.
If you're controller is going wonky it's probably anybody's guess as to how
it's going to behave.

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Wyatt Zacharias


On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 5:48 AM, Trevor Cordes <trevor at tecnopolis.ca> wrote:

> I answered my one of my own questions with a few tests:
>
> Using a SATA2 3Gb/s cable on a 6G port and 6G drive results in 6G
> speed selected (with modern 2 year-old Intel ICH anyhow).  Yikes!
>
> root at sysresccd /root % smartctl -a /dev/sda |grep -i sata
> SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
>
>
> As for spurious corrupted data on the wrong cable, my tests so far have
> been inconclusive (and a bit bewildering).  It would seem dying SSDs
> can spit back wonky data even when they aren't reading the sector that
> is damaged!
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