fossilesque@mander.xyz to Selfhosted@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPlease recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal)message-square79fedilinkarrow-up158arrow-down15file-text
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minus-squareMr. Forager@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38arrow-down2·1 year agoIf there is one thing you shouldn’t cheap out on imo it’s the storage.
minus-squareValmond@lemmy.mindoki.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoThere is probably some iron triangle to be found there; cheap, large capacity ,reliable ; chose two.
minus-squareOverspark@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·1 year agoYou can have all three of those, but you won’t get great performance. The Samsung QVO SATA drives are a great example. I wouldn’t use those for an OS drive but they’re fantastic for NAS or media use.
minus-squareAtariDump@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·1 year agoSo not fast. Which means the original still holds true.
minus-squareOverspark@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoOh I agree with your post, but I was responding to Valmond who used different criteria.
minus-squarefossilesque@mander.xyzOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoBroke-ass grad student budgets. Doing my best.
minus-squarertxn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·1 year agoThen just get a pair of hard drives and put them in RAID 1. I use a NAS with a single hand-me-down 5600 RPM HDD and the bandwidth is absolutely fine.
If there is one thing you shouldn’t cheap out on imo it’s the storage.
There is probably some iron triangle to be found there; cheap, large capacity ,reliable ; chose two.
You can have all three of those, but you won’t get great performance. The Samsung QVO SATA drives are a great example. I wouldn’t use those for an OS drive but they’re fantastic for NAS or media use.
So not fast. Which means the original still holds true.
Oh I agree with your post, but I was responding to Valmond who used different criteria.
Broke-ass grad student budgets. Doing my best.
Then just get a pair of hard drives and put them in RAID 1. I use a NAS with a single hand-me-down 5600 RPM HDD and the bandwidth is absolutely fine.