pinoli
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I gather that the consensus today, and the official recommendation, is to use SSDs as boot devices.
I was wondering though, if this means *internal* SSDs only, or if it refers to *external* SSDs as well.
I would also know if you would rather install the OS on internal NVMe or SATA SSDs.
Since I would like to maximize my internal SATA ports for storage, I would like to know if this product could be an optimal solution for my TrueNAS SCALE rig.
It's an external SSD from SanDisk (now part of Western Digital), part number is SDCZ880-128G-G46, link here.
My idea is to get two of these, and put them in a mirrored boot pool.
Or, if NVMe are better, I'd buy two NVMe USB3 enclosures instead of the SanDisk USB sticks.
At the same time, I would like to know if installing the OS on *internal* SSDs is better for performance, stability or any other reason.
I can definitely make room for two drives, whether they are NVMe or SATA SSDs, so storage expansion is not a problem here.
But for obvious reasons, I would love to use the external USB ports, that would go otherwise unused.
Thanks, happy to hear your suggestions/recommendations.
I was wondering though, if this means *internal* SSDs only, or if it refers to *external* SSDs as well.
I would also know if you would rather install the OS on internal NVMe or SATA SSDs.
Since I would like to maximize my internal SATA ports for storage, I would like to know if this product could be an optimal solution for my TrueNAS SCALE rig.
It's an external SSD from SanDisk (now part of Western Digital), part number is SDCZ880-128G-G46, link here.
My idea is to get two of these, and put them in a mirrored boot pool.
Or, if NVMe are better, I'd buy two NVMe USB3 enclosures instead of the SanDisk USB sticks.
At the same time, I would like to know if installing the OS on *internal* SSDs is better for performance, stability or any other reason.
I can definitely make room for two drives, whether they are NVMe or SATA SSDs, so storage expansion is not a problem here.
But for obvious reasons, I would love to use the external USB ports, that would go otherwise unused.
Thanks, happy to hear your suggestions/recommendations.