Comment on [help] Cheap SSDs for storage
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 5 days ago
I usually pick the cheapest of a brand I trust. Kingston atm for my ssds.
Don’t care, even the crappiest is way faster than what I need plus less energy hungry than mechanicals.
I focus on size, buy the biggest I can afford according to the raid level I need. Currently have 4 x 4Tb Kingston ssds in RAID5.
SSD isn’t necessarily less energy hungry than spinning platter.
It really depends on the specific units and use patterns.
Generally SSD has better idle power, and HD has better read and write power, but that doesn’t even always hold true.
If your device sits idle long enough, SSD is better for power, but the write time to get to idle could easily consume the power differential.
Very interesting, thanks…
At least ssds are much less hot and lot quieter than mechanical drives, and in a home, not chilled, and not isolated environment means even more than power consumption to me.
Good to know, thanks!
server grade budget.
And probably not server grade requirements.
I could upgrade my requirements to server grade, but not the budget, so I would say the driving factor is budget :)
Hand me a bunch of server grade ssds for the price of consumer and I would gladly install them.
Oh sure, server grade stuff is cool, but rarely needed for a home lab.
harsh3466@lemmy.ml 5 days ago
As an additional warning probably best to avoid amazon because counterfeits are just dumped in the bin with the actual mfr stuff and you could get burned there too. Buy from B&H or some other vendor that doesn’t have this practice
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 5 days ago
I had good experiences 10y ago with amazon “white labels” mechanical drives… But its aneddotical and didn’t go with amazon for my sdds anyway.