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So far I’ve been following recommendations from this person: old.reddit.com/…/ssd_guides_resources_ssd_help_po…
Please recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal)
Submitted 11 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to selfhosted@lemmy.world
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liori@lemm.ee 11 months ago
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Someone convince them to move to lemmy
hedgehog@ttrpg.network 11 months ago
They’ve at least created a website that houses the SSD tier lists, buying guide, etc: borecraft.com
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Hero
MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 11 months ago
The point is to run TLC drives. SLC drives of that capacity are too expensive and are thus not recommended.
elbarto777@lemmy.world 11 months ago
What’s TLC and SLC in this context?
Scholars_Mate@lemmy.world [bot] 11 months ago
- SLC -> Single-Level Cell, i.e. 1 bit per cell
- MLC -> Multi-Level Cell, i.e. 2 bits per cell
- TLC -> Triple-Level Cell, i.e. 3 bits per cell
- QLC -> Quad-Level Cell, i.e. 4 bits per cell
The more bits per cell you store, the more dense and therefore cheaper your flash chips can be for a give capacity. The downside is that it is slower and less reliable since you have to be able to write and read exponentially more voltage states per cell, e.g. 2 states for SLC, 4 states for MLC, 8 states for TLC, etc.
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
WD Green /shrug
I’ve been using all Red Pros since I first built my nas, but it started with a couple of green 2TB that where in there for like 7 years before being replaced (didn’t die yet)
indigomirage@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
I had WD Greens in my first NAS (they were HDDs, though). This was ill-advised. Definitely better for power consumption, but they took forever to spin up for access to the point where it seemed like the NAS was always on the fritz.
Now I swear by WD Red. Much, much better (in my use case).
(I’m not sure how things pan out in SSD land though. Right now it’s just too pricey for me to consider.)
NightAuthor@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I was using HDDs, and I believe it may have been a little less of an issue bc I had Unraid configured to keep the drives spun up (I’ve read the spin up is hard on the drive, not so much the time being spun up)
But I did occasionally have some IOWait issues. Reds plus a NVME cache has resolved all those issues.
ReducedArc@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Same, we’re ones of dozens I’m sure but I’ve been running a mix of WD greens and Seagate barracudas in a hardware RAID5 array for over a decade. Only had 2 drive failures over the entire time with no data loss. But yeah… don’t do that
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Perhaps running a mirror or a stripe array would be more important than selecting drives that don’t fail. Then you can pick whatever that’s not complete garbage. That said, it would likely still be more expensive overall.
ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Transcend ssd220s (4tb SATA) can be found for really nice prices.
Even had a thread about this one on Lemmy cuz I wasn’t sure how good it is (it’s great).Decronym@lemmy.decronym.xyz 11 months ago
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters NAS Network-Attached Storage SATA Serial AT Attachment interface for mass storage SSD Solid State Drive mass storage
[Thread #356 for this sub, first seen 14th Dec 2023, 22:35] [FAQ] [Full list] [Contact] [Source code]
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 months ago
Used enterprise SSDs is what I’m running, bit of work to filter down the results on eBay though.
randombullet@feddit.de 11 months ago
I use enterprise drives because they’re cheaper and more reliable.
Got some 4TB enterprise NVMe for 150 each. They only had 3TB written, basically brand new.
Rentlar@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
A SATA SU800 died on me after 4 years of use. (Luckily I had a weekly harddrive backup so I lost almost nothing! :D)
Samsung, WD, Lexar, Kingston generally are known reliable name brands (but Samsung warranty doesn’t work well in Canada). If you watch !bapcsalescanada@lemmy.ca like a hawk (Canada’s PC part sales mirrored from Reddit) you may find the occasional deal that is at or under $50/TB Canadian (roughly 36 US$, 35€)
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
I have a few discords that may have similar. Thank you for reminding me!
asbestos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Your local network is probably 1Gbit or 2.5Gbits so you’ll be good with SATA as an aux drive, say a Samsung 870 QVO. I’d recommend running a smaller NMVe as your main one.
code@lemmy.zip 11 months ago
I have 8 of these in 4tb. They are wonderful and ive not had a single issue
avidamoeba@lemmy.ca 11 months ago
Or even USB 3+, should that be cheaper.
asbestos@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I’d recommend the QVO for storage needs, and I’ve seen 8TB versions go for $400 so I’d say it’s insanely cheap considering it’s still an SSD and saturates the SATA protocol.
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Been using Sabrent Rocket SSDs for awhile. Been reliable and fast. They aren’t the cheapest SSDs, but they perform well and don’t break the bank.
Hatecoach@kbin.social 11 months ago
My only Sabrent Rocket SSD i had started failing within 6 months. Got it in Jan, cut it into pieces and threw it away in June.
Bizarroland@kbin.social 11 months ago
I've heard good things about the netac n7000, (not the n7000t!), but I have not bit the bullet yet on buying one
bestusername@aussie.zone 11 months ago
I’ve been running a couple ADATA Nvme drives since 2019. No issues and they’re fast.
CazRaX@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ADATA nVme, SATA m.2 and SATA are my go to for cheap upgrades for laptops and have had no problems with them. Even have a few in external USB cases for large capacity, fast, portable storage and they work great.
wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 11 months ago
While it doesn’t see much use (sporadic), my ‘value’ Adata nvme drive has been solid and performing as expected in my gaming laptop; also from 2019.
bestusername@aussie.zone 11 months ago
Running 2x ADATA XPG SX8200 Pro M.2 NVMe, 500Gb for OS and VMs and a 2Tb for games and documents.
I figured it was worth the gamble on this cheaper brand since everything important is synched/baked up to my server.
AAANNNDD that server is synched to my old NAS.
netburnr@lemmy.world 11 months ago
buffalo, SanDisk, Samsung have all done me well.
LunchEnjoyer@lemmy.world 11 months ago
If there is one thing you shouldn’t cheap out on imo it’s the storage.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 11 months ago
Broke-ass grad student budgets. Doing my best.
rtxn@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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.
Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 11 months ago
There is probably some iron triangle to be found there; cheap, large capacity ,reliable ; chose two.
AtariDump@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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Overspark@feddit.nl 11 months ago
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.