Patrick_3000
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I have SCALE installed on an ASRock Rack board and plan to switch my boot drive from NVME SSD (240GB) to SATA Dom in order to free up an NVME slot for use in my storage pool.
I am looking at either the 32GB or 64GB Supermicro SATA Dom. The 32GB is a bit cheaper, around $60 instead of $130, and I'm not sure if there is any advantage in the 64GB.
In particular, is 32GB enough, under all circumstances, for the boot drive in SCALE?
The minimum boot drive size recommended in the SCALE documentation is 16GB, but I've seen community posts where 32GB is recommended. But is even 32GB enough? The price difference between 32GB and 64GB is relatively minimal, so if there is any advantage at all in 64GB, I'll get it.
I don't currently have any apps or VMs installed and use SCALE for data storage only, but I'd like the flexibility to install apps or VMs in the future in case I ever want to do so (though I doubt that would affect the boot drive, as apps and VMs are installed in a storage pool).
I am looking at either the 32GB or 64GB Supermicro SATA Dom. The 32GB is a bit cheaper, around $60 instead of $130, and I'm not sure if there is any advantage in the 64GB.
In particular, is 32GB enough, under all circumstances, for the boot drive in SCALE?
The minimum boot drive size recommended in the SCALE documentation is 16GB, but I've seen community posts where 32GB is recommended. But is even 32GB enough? The price difference between 32GB and 64GB is relatively minimal, so if there is any advantage at all in 64GB, I'll get it.
I don't currently have any apps or VMs installed and use SCALE for data storage only, but I'd like the flexibility to install apps or VMs in the future in case I ever want to do so (though I doubt that would affect the boot drive, as apps and VMs are installed in a storage pool).