alt Hacker News4 small drives+raid gives you redundancy.
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foobiekr • last Saturday at 4:41 AM
Given the write patterns of RAID and the wear issues of flash, it's not obvious at all that 4xNVME actually gives you meaningful redundancy.
4 small drives+raid gives you redundancy.
Given the write patterns of RAID and the wear issues of flash, it's not obvious at all that 4xNVME actually gives you meaningful redundancy.
And often are about the same price or less expensive than the one 8TB NVMe.
I'm hopeful 4/8 TB NVMe drives will come down in price someday but they've been remarkably steady for a few years.