[merpkz]

does that firmware update come with any changelog? I have the same drive for my database dev work and I somehow feel uneasy to update it without really knowing what will change, will my specific workload improve or tank due to some other edge case they might have solved or broken? I mean, the drive works fine, will it work even better? for what workloads exactly? All I could find was someone mentioning it works better in PS5. It's the same reason I don't update BIOS for my motherboad - it works and has been remarkably stable for over 5 years. Chances of me being pwned by APT using some BIOS vulnerability is less than be bricking mobo while updating it.

[sirwitti]

Same thing for me.

A quick search did not result in any official changelog, but some forum entries (e.g. [1] and [2]) suggest that random read + write performance under windows seems to have been improved.

[1] https://www.elevenforum.com/t/samsung-980-pro-firmware-updat...

[2] (in german) https://www.deskmodder.de/blog/2022/01/26/samsung-firmwareup...

[qwertox]

FWIW: Write speed does not improve on Ubuntu 20.04. Still stuck at 400 to 500 MB/s. This was the issue which made me want to install the new firmware, and there was nothing on the drives which I cared about.

Upgraded from to 3B2QGXA7 to 5B2QGXA7.

[ShamelessC]

Same situation here. Even a small risk of drive failure due to lack of experience with such systems is more than enough to keep me from giving it a try. If you can afford to lose the information on the drive though, might give it a go.

[mariuolo]

Likewise. Personally, since it works well I'm going to leave it as it is.