Is there any information about the provenance of this SSD controller? Sounds like enterprisey venodrs all rebranded some upstream supplier's hardware.
edit: apparently sandisk: http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39964 - also a clue about the magic 40k hour significance: "the SSD alters its performance in some way as it approaches end of life. This appears to shine some light on the reason for a trigger at 40K Power On Hours."
edit: apparently sandisk: http://forum.hddguru.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=39964 - also a clue about the magic 40k hour significance: "the SSD alters its performance in some way as it approaches end of life. This appears to shine some light on the reason for a trigger at 40K Power On Hours."