Is a SSHD worth the extra for mass storage?

[Turtle8bit]

I am setting up a nas for my parents so they can get all those old family photos off there already cramped laptops but i need tons of storage for my games. So should I pay a ton of money for a 4 tb SSHD if those even exists in that capacity or should I save the money and lets say get two 4 tb HHD for the same price? Please help. 

[Enderman]

SSD + HDD

not SSHD

[flibberdipper]

The hybrid drives are better for things that you will access frequently. The first few loads of your most used stuff on the drive will be slower (more like a traditional hard drive), but once it "learns" what you use the most, those things will be noticeably faster.

[Vacsol]

a SSHD is only really good for fast boot times, everything else will be normal speed.

 

I wouldn't suggest them for family photos or other documents which you'd want to keep forever, as SSHD's are subject to both physical failure like a HDD, as well as the finite read/write limit of an SSD

 

for family photos and such, go for a couple HDD's in RAID 1, so you can keep them with plenty of confidence.

[Turtle8bit]

The hybrid drives are better for things that you will access frequently. The first few loads of your most used stuff on the drive will be slower (more like a traditional hard drive), but once it "learns" what you use the most, those things will be noticeably faster.

So maybe both?

[Turtle8bit]

a SSHD is only really good for fast boot times, everything else will be normal speed.

But this pc or nas will be on constantly during the day i dont care for fast boot times

[flibberdipper]

So maybe both?

Sorry for not understanding (little tired ), but what exactly do you mean by that?

[Turtle8bit]

Sorry for not understanding (little tired ), but what exactly do you mean by that

its okay i wasnt clear. maybe just a normal high capacity hhd with a mid capacity sshd?

[Vacsol]

its okay i wasnt clear. maybe just a normal high capacity hhd with a mid capacity sshd?

that's the best option.

most used programs and OS on the SSD, games and files on the HDD

[wng_kingsley7]

I am setting up a nas for my parents so they can get all those old family photos off there already cramped laptops but i need tons of storage for my games. So should I pay a ton of money for a 4 tb SSHD if those even exists in that capacity or should I save the money and lets say get two 4 tb HHD for the same price? Please help. 

Do they even sell at those capacities? O_O Personally I'd get a low profile 2.5" sshd for the convenience of portability & it being a mass storage drive with a decent cache lvl. Once sata 3 ssd's drop by 20-30% & m.2 drives are more available at lower prices then sure.

[CowsGoRoar]

Setting up NAS? Go full HDD.

[flibberdipper]

its okay i wasnt clear. maybe just a normal high capacity hhd with a mid capacity sshd?

I would say so.

[KirbyTech]

Go with raid optimized drive and for the love of god please don't use bigger than 2TB ones. You will hate it when they die prematurely. Raid 1 all of the drives in a proper NAS solution.

[Turtle8bit]

Go with raid optimized drive and for the love of god please don't use bigger than 2TB ones. You will hate it when they die prematurely. Raid 1 all of the drives in a proper NAS solution.

oh geez I us ssds i didnt even think about them dying