@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agoPlease recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal)message-square49fedilinkarrow-up155
arrow-up155message-squarePlease recommend your cheaper, reliable SSDs 2TB+ (4TB ideal)@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 years agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareLunchlinkfedilinkEnglish35•2 years agoIf there is one thing you shouldn’t cheap out on imo it’s the storage.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoThere is probably some iron triangle to be found there; cheap, large capacity ,reliable ; chose two.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish10•2 years 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish19•2 years agoSo not fast. Which means the original still holds true.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoOh I agree with your post, but I was responding to Valmond who used different criteria.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish25•2 years agoBroke-ass grad student budgets. Doing my best.
minus-square@[email protected]cakelinkfedilinkEnglish12•2 years 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.