BootPool Error again ?!

[evillone]

Greetings All !
Hope everyone is doing well
USB was starting to go after a few years, so as usual i ordered a NEW sandisk cruizer to replace it.
i know, I know, USB Sticks are no longer recommended but for the 12 bucks and 4 years avg life i get out of them
seems to work best for me at the moment,
that being said, 2 days ago i installed a new one ( created from scratch ) and lone behold here we are again today
with write errors present. this is a new stick, this ever happen to anyone before ?
thoughts?
Thank you all in advance,
thanks for looking and CHEERS !

 

[Samuel Tai]

Yes, this has happened many times to me. Thumb drives are just not durable enough for ZFS, regardless if they're new or not. The current recommendation is a small M.2 SSD with a M.2 to USB3 adapter. The M.2 SSDs are much more robust and much faster than thumb drives.

 

[evillone]

Yes, this has happened many times to me. Thumb drives are just not durable enough for ZFS, regardless if they're new or not. The current recommendation is a small M.2 SSD with a M.2 to USB3 adapter. The M.2 SSDs are much more robust and much faster than thumb drives.

Thank you for the response,
I guess its time for an upgrade :)
its good that they have a USB adapter, i will definitely go that route,
any recommendations from preferred brands ? probably go for a 256 gig at most.

 

[Samuel Tai]

Any M.2 SSD from a reputable vendor (Micron, Kingston, Samsung) will work. Try to find something small, 64 GB or less, as the boot pool will only use < 16 GB of that.

 

[evillone]

Any M.2 SSD from a reputable vendor (Micron, Kingston, Samsung) will work. Try to find something small, 64 GB or less, as the boot pool will only use < 16 GB of that.

thanks again,
scanning around briefly it seems no name brands are making the smaller ones , all the other major brands are 1TB or more.
ill keep looking,
thanks again for all your help !
Cheers !

 

[ChrisRJ]

Transcend had/has smaller drives (some even MLC in the past). Whether they are cheaper is a different story.

 

[evillone]

Thank you for all your input guys, Truly appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[Davvo]

Something like this.

https://amzn.eu/d/4ShqyHm

 

[Whattteva]

i know, I know, USB Sticks are no longer recommended but for the 12 bucks and 4 years avg life i get out of them
seems to work best for me at the moment,

I had to replace two USB sticks in 1 year and I told myself I'd had enough. Got a cheap $20 SSD and it's been running strong for like 7 years, I think we can safely say that's way cheaper than your $12 for 4 years.

I'd imagine you just have been pretty lucky with 1 every 4 years. After all, even with me having owned my NAS for 11 years, that's still only 3 sample points for your 4-year cycle... Hardly enough to make any accurate statistical conclusions.

 

[Jailer]

While not as cheap as they used to be Intel ssd pulls are still a good bargain on ebay and will likely outlast your server as a boot device.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/295360930342?hash=item44c4e22226:g:gHUAAOSwqdljfkhC&amdata=enc:AQAHAAAAoKh6fYaXtcLmEDnnM8aEuw5yaJhBXDgKvz7mIFy0NscxM6HHc1R4Dase62V4J6KlN0IASjPw6f19uhB/cYXuWbu/k+/cL/Q0KWDsgmwPoGTJjeCGRU37N781qaUrRHgBDrWrmg9mo+hsdQB3FNuioCwCwBPVPKuK1Rut2LAoV7N9rFFDF0h5Hn3Bcg28eSFAYvmZpAAUr4YtV3wrUhmTJY8=|tkp:Bk9SR_bZ582VYQ