Cheap SSDs?

[Leahh]

Hey all! I have a server I need storage for. I currently have two 128g "cheapest I could find, stolen out of a laptop" SSDs that I expect to die very soon. I need some more storage, and hopefully some that is reliable too.

I have 2 SATA and 2 SAS/SATA slots with only 2 being usable at a time due to missing drive sleds. (Thanks fujitsu!)
I am looking at a Kioxia EXCERIA SATA SSD (or two for raid), but want more opinions / options before deciding.

 

Thanks in advance!

[monopoly_hater]

Crucial bx500, mx500,WD Green or Samsung 870 QVO

[Alex Atkin UK]

1 hour ago, Leahh said:

Hey all! I have a server I need storage for. I currently have two 128g "cheapest I could find, stolen out of a laptop" SSDs that I expect to die very soon. I need some more storage, and hopefully some that is reliable too.

I have 2 SATA and 2 SAS/SATA slots with only 2 being usable at a time due to missing drive sleds. (Thanks fujitsu!)
I am looking at a Kioxia EXCERIA SATA SSD (or two for raid), but want more opinions / options before deciding.

 

Thanks in advance!

I think you're looking in the right direction.  You can't beat the value of ex-server drives for cost per capacity.

[manikyath]

i've had very good luck with kingston A400's (except for one batch from a retailer i really dont like buying from, because their prices are too low to make sene), and i've had bad luck with crucial...

 

but that's all that i can say about those two options: luck.

[ianm_ozzy]

I have kind of been there.

I have 3 sata ssds in raidz1 presently in a desltop machine as a server.  A mixture of old & used. Also I bought the cheapest sata ssd to go with them for redundancy.

 

It works in that is stores virtual machines/containers.  No failures as yet but.............

 

I just got another machine.   an optiplex micro 3060. Upgraded to  32GB memory and 1TB MX500 for OS. Also experimenting with a 16GB optane as cache (zfs l2arc).

 

It is  a less powerful machine, but more responsive.

Connecting to Vm through remote is faster,  jellyfin much more responsive.

 

Whether it is using raidz1, using old drives, or the optane on the new machine has benefits is hard to tell.

 

With using old drives, definitely have some sort of redundancy.

Also expect very low results for random 4k read tests on old/used drives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bersella AI]

To begin with, you may search for used SSDs that got retired from servers, and still have health readings of 90%+, including:

• Samsung PM863a, PM883a, PM963a, PM9a3 (U.2), PM1725b (U.2/PCIe), PM983a (M.2-22110), etc.
• PBlaze V 516 AIC (PCIe).
• Micron 5300 Pro (SATA), 7300 Pro (U.2), etc.

Some are discouraged due to probability in SMART modification:

• Intel S3510/S3520, S4510/S4610, etc.
• Micron 500, 600, 1100, etc.

As for boot drives, Optane 16GB would also be a good candidate: high endurance, decent random performance and negligible costs.