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The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/cs_legend_93 on 2024-06-12 19:38:56.

Hello all

I'm trying to settle a debate with a other redditor.

Assume both of these scenarios are basic setups without drive pools or raid.

The redditor suggests and recommends that using a single SSD with a partition for the OS and Data drive is more safe than using dual drives.

I believe using a partitioned SSD will both double your chances of drive failure due to writes and reads, and it will make it a pain in the ass to restore the backup.

I suggested using two separate SSDs, and the redditor said that this indeed doubles the chances of drive failure due to two drives. I disagreed and said that it halves it due to the decreased reads and writes. I also suggested that dual drives will make it easier to restore a backup drive if one fails.

Which scenario is better?

In both scenerios there are backups, like a mirrored drive using Acronis disk imager or something like that. But it's still not a drive pool or RAID

Here is the debate: https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/s/ArnZMYuQSD

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