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Cheap but reliable external SSD for RPis (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 years ago by theorangeninja@lemmy.today to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Hello, it's me again. I read a lot about how unreliable micro SD cards are if you use your RPi to selfhost some stuff. Now I wanted to ask if some of you might have recommendations for cheap but reliable external SSDs. I did some research on Amazon but there are some brands I never heard before (Intenso, SSK, Netac, etc.) and don't know if they can be trusted.

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[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But an M.2 is usually more expensive than a normal 2.5" SSD. Is it better to boot from a M.2 HAT than from USB?

[–] rbesfe@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

M.2 would technically be the best performance available, but realistically I don't think you'd notice the difference over a USB SSD. Maybe a few extra seconds on boot.

[–] theorangeninja@lemmy.today 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay and what about longevity of the drives? That should just depend on the number of writes, right?

[–] colebrodine@midwest.social 2 points 2 years ago

I'm not sure what kind of money you want to spend? The M2 Hat is ~$14 USD and a 2242 NVME SSD can be had for ~$30-$40 USD since you don't care as much about performance.

The USB to SATA adapter is going to run ~$10 USD and the SATA SSD drives are going to start ~$20 USD are go up from there depending on size, performance, etc.

If size of storage is an issue, the SATA SSD is probably the better route. I believe the NVME would be better performance since it utilizes the bus on the Pi more fully.

I would guess that for the money, most M2 drives and SATA SSD drives are going to be similar lifespans