Hi!

2 of my drives failed recently (as well as an external drive), plus my faithful HP Proliant Gen 8 is ripe for retirement (I’m small potatoes compared to you guys).

So I bought a mini-PC (with a N100). I’m considering going all SSDs.

What are the cheapest ones? They can be slow.

Is there a “storage SSD” category?

I’ve looked at OEMs but they’re not that interesting, or I didn’t know where to look.
Aliexpress is full of fakes. As is the second hand market. Or it’s legit but as expensive as new.

Thanks for reading!

  • @Jumuta@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0•9 months ago

    one thing to consider is that some cheap SSDs don’t have power management, so they’ll consume way more power than others at idle.

    For a server setup that’s always running you should consider if the slightly lower cost is worth the cost of electricity

    • @Imhotep@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      0•9 months ago

      Thanks. Yes power consumption is important, so I’ll keep that in mind!

      Is there a specific term I should look for, or simply “power management”?

      • @Jumuta@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        0•9 months ago

        if this is a sata drive “SATA link power management” might work?

        ik tomshardware reviews of SSDs have information on power consumption