SSD suggestions?

[danb35]

I'm looking to buy a couple of SSDs around 1 TB in size, and this is a segment of the market where I just don't know what I don't know (SLC? MLC? 3D NAND? etc.). I'm sure I could just buy something from Crucial or SanDisk and be OK, but other than the obvious specs of capacity and price, I'm a little lost. Here's what I do know:

• 2.5" SATA seems like it would be the best form factor/interface for my system
• These are for data storage, not SLOG, so power loss protection isn't really necessary.
• Price is more important than performance, but I'm still looking for good-quality devices that I can reasonably expect to last a long time.

Any particular thoughts? Or should I just buy whatever's cheapest on newegg.com from a decent brand?

 

[Jailer]

Does it have to be 2.5"? There's several brands in the M.2 NVMe format out there with the phison PS5012-E12 controller that are reasonably priced and very fast. I just had a buddy order this one for his new build.

https://www.microcenter.com/product...80-pcie-nvme-30-x4-internal-solid-state-drive

 

[danb35]

Does it have to be 2.5"?

I guess it doesn't have to, but if it is I can use a drive adapter and whack it in a hot-swap bay--no need to go digging in the chassis, which it would be nice to avoid. I also don't have any current support for M.2 in my system, so I'd need some form of adapter card.

 

[Jailer]

Only reason I offer this option up is that a 2.5" form factor is going to be SATA based a limit the performance potential. And the price of SSD's seem to be going up so whatever you need you might want to get moving on it soon. That drive I linked above could have been had for around $90 before the end of last year.

 

[mistermanko]

@danb35 on what kind of ssd did you settle? I'm in the same position right now, looking for ssd data storage (mainly jails space).

 

[danb35]

The jails issue got forced by the sudden and complete death of the single SSD that housed them--rather than wait a few days to get new SSDs from Amazon, I just put them on my main storage pool. I did recently buy a few as boot disks for my Proxmox servers, though; those were Samsung 860s.

 

[mistermanko]

I've read to look out on 3D NAND and certain TRIM problems. Is there a comprehensive list on what ssd storage is FreeNAS-worry-free?