Certain SAS SSDs in HPE servers fail after 40,000 hours without an update

Hewlett Packard Enterprise warns that certain 800GB and 1.6TB SAS SSDs will fail after 40,000 hours. The manufacturer has made available a firmware update that prevents this from happening. The SSDs can break from October this year.

Users of HPE servers with the affected SSDs should install the HPD7 firmware to prevent the SSDs from failing after 40,000 hours. It is not about the time since purchase, but about the actual use in hours. The period corresponds to a time frame of 4 years, 206 days and 16 hours.

HPE says it was made aware of the problem by a supplier of SSDs. The manufacturer does not name that supplier, but the incident resembles the problem that came to light at the end of last year. Then HPE released an update for sas-ssds that would fail after 32,768 hours. HPE emphasizes that this is not the same incident.

HPE does not report what exactly causes the problem. The manufacturer warns that SSDs will be irreparably damaged if the firmware update is not applied. There is also a good chance that other SSDs that were put into use at the same time as the affected SSDs also give up the ghost.

Affected SSDs are contained in several HPE servers and related products sold in recent years. As of October this year, the SSDs will reach the 40,000-hour limit if purchased when the products first hit the market.