Careful with "enterprise class" SSDs ![Wink ;)](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/Smileys/default/xwink.gif.pagespeed.ic.cldandycH0.png)
At least HP and DELL both had cases where some internal counter of the ssd would run over at something like 30.000 power on hours. Poof, that SSD is just a brick now, good luck recovering your data.
Yes, this one:
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-a00092491en_usI agree that this was a bummer but it made the headlines because it's also exceptionally rare (intel had a similar issue once, but as far as I remember that was in their lower tier drives). In addition, these are server drives, and usually operate in some kind of redundancy setup (RAID) so unless they all reach 32768 hrs at exactly the same time this is unlikely to bring down your storage.
What it does highlight, though, how important firmware updates are for SSDs (much more so than for spinning rust), and that it's important to keep your SSD firmware at the latest level.
Which, of course, requires that there, actually, are firmware updates.
I do not recall the OEM of the drives, at least one was made by LiteOn.
LiteOn doesn't make enterprise drives (thank god!). The drives were all made by SanDisk, in fact these were all SanDisk Ligntning Ascend SAS drives. Which even without the bug weren't great, but when you buy OEM drives for your server it doesn't really matter who makes them as the drives are covered by the server's support contract anyways.
For individual purchase (i.e. to use at home) OEM drives, especially those from Dell, are a pretty bad choice as the firmware can only be updated with Dell tools on a suitable Dell system (server). It's better to stick with the original brands (Seagate, WDC, Micron, Samsung) which provide firmware updates and tools which work on every system.
As with any storage medium: backup is king.
Indeed.