[j-nsp] SSD disks high failure ratio ?

[Tammy Firefly]

Yea that is a tad bit suspicious

Why would they want a secure erase?  Why not reinstall/re partition which will fix the mbr


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On Oct 8, 2013, at 1:17, Phil Mayers <p.mayers at imperial.ac.uk> wrote:

> On 10/08/2013 12:58 AM, Pierre-Yves Maunier wrote:
> 
>> Does anyone knows what is the 'software solution' that 'has also been
>> developed to correct the affected REs in the field' as said in the KB ?
> 
> Yes, that bit of the PR is annoyingly coy, isn't it?
> 
> JTAC told me:
> 
> """
> So, you need to perform the secure erase of the contents on the SSD to fix this issue.
> This secure erase is done by TAC and I will work with service manager of this account to check how to move forward on this.
> """
> 
> This is just weird; it's not like a secure erase is some kind of super-secret thing - just break into the shell from alternate boot media and run the command - so why not document it for customers to self-perform?
> 
> I have to wonder if there's more to it than that.
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