HPE have announced a pretty crazy SAS SSD problem with some of their drives where they fail at 32,768 hours of operation (i.e., 3 years, 270 days 8 hours) if you dont update to the latest firmware.
If you have any of these drives and the firmware version is older than HPD8 you should patch them asap as when they fail all data is lost and the drive becomes inoperable.
HPE was notified by a Solid State Drive (SSD) manufacturer of a firmware defect affecting certain SAS SSD models (reference the table below) used in a number of HPE server and storage products (i.e., HPE ProLiant, Synergy, Apollo, JBOD D3xxx, D6xxx, D8xxx, MSA, StoreVirtual 4335 and StoreVirtual 3200 are affected. 3PAR, Nimble, Simplivity, XP and Primera are not affected.)
The issue affects SSDs with an HPE firmware version prior to HPD8 that results in SSD failure at 32,768 hours of operation (i.e., 3 years, 270 days 8 hours). After the SSD failure occurs, neither the SSD nor the data can be recovered. In addition, SSDs which were put into service at the same time will likely fail nearly simultaneously.
You can check your drives uptime by following these steps: Smart Storage Administrator (SSA) - Quick Guide to Determine SSD Uptime
For the full release notes along with drive models and fix please see: Bulletin: HPE SAS Solid State Drives - Critical Firmware Upgrade Required for Certain HPE SAS Solid State Drive Models to Prevent Drive Failure
Thanks to mavhc for the post with details.
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