Intel X25-M G2 Postville SSDs information

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Intel X25-M G2 Postville 160 GB
(board upper side)

Intel X25-M G2 Postville 160 GB
(board lower side)

General information

SSD series: Intel X25-M G2 Postville
Data sheets:
- Intel X25-M G2 Postville Product Brief
- Intel X25-M G2 Postville Product Specification
Form factor: 2,5"
NAND flash memory: MLC
Process technology: 34nm (4 KiB Page Size)
Interface: SATA 3 Gb/s ("SATA II")
Additional information:
- Intel SSD X25-M Series (G2, 34nm) (ark.intel.com)
- X25-M / X18-M Enterprise Addendum

TKperf test report

[[Media:{{{tkperf}}}|Intel X25-M G2 Postville TKperf Testreport]]

Models

SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Throughput		IOPS (max. random IOPS performance)
SSD	Capacity (net)	Capacity (gross)	Spare Area (GB and % in add. to net cap.)	Flash-Chips	Endurance	Read	Write	Read	Write (on first 8 GiB)	Write (on whole capacity)
SSDSA2MH080G2xx	80 GB	unknown	unknown	unknown	7,5 TB	250 MB/s	70 MB/s	35.000 IOPS	6.600 IOPS	300 IOPS
SSDSA2MH120G2xx	120 GB	unknown	unknown	unknown	11,25 TB	250 MB/s	100 MB/s	35.000 IOPS	8.600 IOPS	300 IOPS
SSDSA2MH160G2xx	160 GB (160.041.885.696 Byte)	160 GiB (171,8 GB)	11,8 GB (7,3%)	10 Stück 16 GiB (29F16B08JAMD1)^[1]	15 TB	250 MB/s	100 MB/s	35.000 IOPS	8.600 IOPS	300 IOPS

Test reports

Intel X25-M G2: Dissected and Performance Preview (anandtech.com), 22.07.2009
Intel X25-M G2 Postville - Die zweite SSD-Generation im Test (tecchannel.de), 14.09.2009

Firmware

Date	Revision	Description
06.01.2011	2CV102M3	This firmware revision fixes enumeration and slow boot issues on SATA 6Gb/s controllers and adds improvements to SMART attributes for more accurate reporting of drive health along with improved NCQ capability.
30.09.2009	2CV102HD	This firmware revision contains continuous improvement optimizations intended to provide the best possible user experience with the Intel SSD.
26.10.2009	2CV102HA	This firmware revision supports the ATA Data Set Management Command Trim attribute. Additionally, this firmware revision includes several continuous improvement optimizations that provide increased write performance on 160 GB SSDs.
17.08.2009	2CV102G9	This firmware revision is for Intel X25-M SATA SSD 34nm products only. (Intel X18-M SATA SSD 34nm products do not require this firmware update.) This revision fixes the following two issues: 1) System hangs with BIOS drive password enabled. 2) System inoperable when BIOS drive password disabled or changed.

Source: Firmware Release Notes or querying of SSD's.

Outputs

smartctl

root@ubuntu-11-10:~# smartctl -a /dev/sda
smartctl 5.41 2011-06-09 r3365 [x86_64-linux-3.0.0-15-generic] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-11 by Bruce Allen, http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Intel X18-M/X25-M/X25-V G2 SSDs
Device Model:     INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC
Serial Number:    CVPO014602FC160AGN
LU WWN Device Id: 5 001517 95928e489
Firmware Version: 2CV102M3
User Capacity:    160,041,885,696 bytes [160 GB]
Sector Size:      512 bytes logical/physical
Device is:        In smartctl database [for details use: -P show]
ATA Version is:   7
ATA Standard is:  ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1
Local Time is:    Wed Jan 25 07:15:55 2012 CET
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x00)	Offline data collection activity
					was never started.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Disabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(    1) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x71) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					No Auto Offline data collection support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					No Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 5
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0020   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       1657
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       820
192 Unsafe_Shutdown_Count   0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       13
225 Host_Writes_32MiB       0x0030   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       39480
226 Workld_Media_Wear_Indic 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       2881210
227 Workld_Host_Reads_Perc  0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       50
228 Workload_Minutes        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       551593203
232 Available_Reservd_Space 0x0033   100   100   010    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
233 Media_Wearout_Indicator 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0033   100   100   090    Pre-fail  Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num  Test_Description    Status                  Remaining  LifeTime(hours)  LBA_of_first_error
# 1  Reserved (0x28)     Completed without error       00%        70         -

Note: selective self-test log revision number (0) not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 0
Note: revision number not 1 implies that no selective self-test has ever been run
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

hdparm

root@ubuntu-11-10:~# hdparm -I /dev/sda

/dev/sda:

ATA device, with non-removable media
	Model Number:       INTEL SSDSA2M160G2GC                    
	Serial Number:      CVPO014602FC160AGN  
	Firmware Revision:  2CV102M3
	Transport:          Serial, ATA8-AST, SATA 1.0a, SATA II Extensions, SATA Rev 2.5, SATA Rev 2.6
Standards:
	Used: ATA/ATAPI-7 T13 1532D revision 1 
	Supported: 7 6 5 4 
Configuration:
	Logical		max	current
	cylinders	16383	16383
	heads		16	16
	sectors/track	63	63
	--
	CHS current addressable sectors:   16514064
	LBA    user addressable sectors:  268435455
	LBA48  user addressable sectors:  312581808
	Logical  Sector size:                   512 bytes
	Physical Sector size:                   512 bytes
	device size with M = 1024*1024:      152627 MBytes
	device size with M = 1000*1000:      160041 MBytes (160 GB)
	cache/buffer size  = unknown
	Nominal Media Rotation Rate: Solid State Device
Capabilities:
	LBA, IORDY(can be disabled)
	Queue depth: 32
	Standby timer values: spec'd by Standard, no device specific minimum
	R/W multiple sector transfer: Max = 16	Current = 16
	DMA: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 udma4 udma5 *udma6 
	     Cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns
	PIO: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4 
	     Cycle time: no flow control=120ns  IORDY flow control=120ns
Commands/features:
	Enabled	Supported:
	   *	SMART feature set
	    	Security Mode feature set
	   *	Power Management feature set
	   *	Write cache
	   *	Look-ahead
	   *	Host Protected Area feature set
	   *	WRITE_BUFFER command
	   *	READ_BUFFER command
	   *	NOP cmd
	   *	DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	    	SET_MAX security extension
	   *	48-bit Address feature set
	   *	Device Configuration Overlay feature set
	   *	Mandatory FLUSH_CACHE
	   *	FLUSH_CACHE_EXT
	   *	SMART error logging
	   *	SMART self-test
	   *	General Purpose Logging feature set
	   *	WRITE_{DMA|MULTIPLE}_FUA_EXT
	   *	64-bit World wide name
	   *	IDLE_IMMEDIATE with UNLOAD
	   *	WRITE_UNCORRECTABLE_EXT command
	   *	{READ,WRITE}_DMA_EXT_GPL commands
	   *	Segmented DOWNLOAD_MICROCODE
	   *	Gen1 signaling speed (1.5Gb/s)
	   *	Gen2 signaling speed (3.0Gb/s)
	   *	Native Command Queueing (NCQ)
	   *	Phy event counters
	    	Device-initiated interface power management
	   *	Software settings preservation
	   *	Data Set Management TRIM supported (limit 8 blocks)
	   *	Deterministic read ZEROs after TRIM
Security: 
	Master password revision code = 65534
		supported
	not	enabled
	not	locked
		frozen
	not	expired: security count
		supported: enhanced erase
	2min for SECURITY ERASE UNIT. 2min for ENHANCED SECURITY ERASE UNIT.
Logical Unit WWN Device Identifier: 500151795928e489
	NAA		: 5
	IEEE OUI	: 001517
	Unique ID	: 95928e489
Checksum: correct

References

↑ Intel X25-M SSD Review (160GB) (storagereview.com)

[1] Intel X25-M SSD Review (160GB) (storagereview.com)

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Intel X25-M G2 Postville SSDs information

Contents

General information

TKperf test report

Models

Test reports

Firmware

Outputs

smartctl

hdparm

References

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