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Best external SSD for high-uptime use?
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There is one wrinkle: Some USB->SATA chips/enclosures/adapters are "bad" in that they don't fully implement the latest specs, as described here: https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=245931
These can be worked-around by using the "older" usb-storage drive, but that may need to be manually enabled (and leads to bad performance compared to good chips).
Personally I've had to try a couple of USB/SATA adapters until I found one that worked reliably (but that might have just been bad luck), but since then it works flawlessly.
My second RPi is in an Argo Eon case which (given it's designed/advertised as a NAS case for the RPi) is using one of the "good" chips and I've never had an issue with it.
Last but not least: if you don't need massive storage space, then I'd argue against spinning rust: they are more prone to failure, usually require more power and may even cause undesired noise. So if you don't need >= 1TB, go with an SSD, they are cheap as dirt.
I'd personally raise the min. storage to 2TB, SSDs are too cheap nowadays
Fair enough. Cheap is relative, price-per-GB is still cheaper for spinning rust and where exactly to draw the line is entirely personal.
Value wise I'd say 2tb is the sweet spot, at least looking at the prices around here.
$48 / 2TB HDD $82 / 2TB NVMe SSD
yes it is almost double, but the ssd is most likely gonna last longer, suck up less electricity and is muuuuch faster to boot
so at least long-term, it might actually be cheaper
Somewhat related, I'm so annoyed that my USB 3.0 SATA adapter doesn't pass S.M.A.R.T. data. Didn't even think to check for such a deficiency. Just another thing to watch out for when buying these adapters.