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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/IvanezerScrooge on 2024-01-21 22:12:24+00:00.
without really needing to, I was looking at my future expansion possibilities, in my current chassis I have run out of physical space, aside from a 5.25 bay in the front which I have yet to populate.
I was thinking that in the future I could use a 5.25 to 4x2.5 cage, and was looking at SSD's that could be put in there.
I keep seeing that the cheaper SSD's often have poor write endurence. Such as 700TB's for the crucial BX500 compared to 2800TB for an Ironwolf 125
But do I even need to care about this? I do write to my pool every day, but they're not large writes. When I do do large writes, they are usually only a few gigs.
But I practically never delete anything. I assume this applies to most of us hoarders. So I can't imagine I could ever come close to 700TB's on a 2TB drive.
I suppose games and whatnot that I keep on there do get updates, but still, 700TB's?
(This is for a TrueNAS box, so ZFS.)
Am I missing something?