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The original was posted on /r/datahoarder by /u/dnabre on 2023-09-26 14:58:46+00:00.
My workflow would really benefit from moving one of my VM's with its torrent/download working data from HDD to SSD. This is where unsorted/verify data is slowly being pulling into my network. Data sits around for a week or two before being deleted or moved to long-term big HDD storage. Checksums, deduplication, checking signatures is the main job here.
Having the VM (like 30GB) plus 2-4 TB of working space run at low-tier SSD speed instead of low-tier HDD speeds would really help. It's transitory storage and only maybe 500gb/day writes and data loss would be more an inconvenience than anything. Looking for around 2-6TB of available storage with at most a single device worth of redundancy, 2.5 inch SATA interface, overall budget is may $100-250 at most.
Lots of 'cheap' or 'generic' brand drives out there (looking at newegg): Silicon Power, KingSpec, Team Group, etc. With minimal needs are this brands decent. I could never grok the different types of SSD (MLC, TLC, QLC), what would people recommend.
Any recommends would be appreciated.